Species Bigeminococcus mucidus

Name: Bigeminococcus mucidus Schopf and Blacic 1971

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu’ci.dus. L. masc. adj. mucidus, With reference to originally mucilagenous sheath-like matrix.

Pronunciation, gender: … MU-ki-dus, masculine

Holotype: Paleobot. Coll. Harvard Univ. 58632

Valid publication: Schopf JW, Blacic BM. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (Late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 1971; 45:925-960.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Bigeminococcus Schopf and Blacic 1971

Assigned by: Schopf JW, Blacic BM. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (Late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 1971; 45:925-960.

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Record number: 33459
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