Species Archaeoscillatoriopsis disciformis

Name: Archaeoscillatoriopsis disciformis Schopf 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dis.ci.for’mis. L. masc. n. discus, a disc; from Gr. masc. n. diskos, disk; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape or appearance; N.L. masc./fem. adj. disciformis, disc-shaped, after the main cell morphology

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Fig. 3M

Valid publication: Schopf JW. Microfossils of the Early Archean Apex chert: new evidence of the antiquity of life. Science 1993; 260:640-646.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Archaeoscillatoriopsis Schopf 1993

Assigned by: Schopf JW. Microfossils of the Early Archean Apex chert: new evidence of the antiquity of life. Science 1993; 260:640-646.

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Record number: 11653
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