Species Caudiculophycus rivularioides

Name: Caudiculophycus rivularioides Schopf 1968

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ri.vu.la.ri.o.i’des. N.L. fem. n. Rivularia, a cyanobacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. masc. adj. rivularioides, resembling Rivularia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ka͡u-di-ku-lo-P^HY-kus ri-wu-la-ri-o-I-des, masculine

Holotype: Paleobot. Coll. Harvard Univ. No. 58466

Valid publication: Schopf JW. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. J. Paleontol. 1968; 42:651-688.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caudiculophycus Schopf 1968. Publication: Schopf JW. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. J. Paleontol. 1968; 42:651-688.
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Parent taxon: Caudiculophycus Schopf 1968

Assigned by: Schopf JW. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. J. Paleontol. 1968; 42:651-688.

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Record number: 30089