Name: Zonotrichites Bornemann 1887

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Zo.no.trich.i’tes. N.L. masc. n. Zonotrichites, Süsswasseralgen, welche der lebenden Gattung Zonotrichia O. AGARDH. entsprechen.

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Zonotrichit-), zo-no-trik^h-I-tes

Type species: Zonotrichites lissaviensis Bornemann 1887

Valid publication: Bornemann JG. Geologische Algenstudien. In: Königlich P (eds), Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt und Bergakademie zu Berlin für das Jahr 1886, Simon Schropp'schen Hof-Landkartenhandlung, Berlin, 1887, p. 116-134.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rivularia (Roth 1797) Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rivularia (Roth 1797) Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name
    Cayeuxia Frollo 1938	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bornemann (1887) assigned this genus to the family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornemann JG. Geologische Algenstudien. In: Königlich P (eds), Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt und Bergakademie zu Berlin für das Jahr 1886, Simon Schropp'schen Hof-Landkartenhandlung, Berlin, 1887, p. 116-134.
  • 🧕 Liu et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the order Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914. Publication: Liu L, Wu Y, Bao H, Jiang H, Zheng L, Chen Y. Diversity and systematics of Middle-Late Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from Ordos Basin, North China. Journal of Paleontology 2021; 95:1-23.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Rivularia (Roth 1797) Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Dragastan O. Review of Tethyan Mesozoic Algae of Romania. In: Toomey DF, Nitecki MH (eds), Paleoalgology. Contemporary research and applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1985, p. 101-161.
  • ❗ Zonotrichites is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Zonotrichites lissaviensis Bornemann 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: [Garwoodiaceae]

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Record number: 43217