Name: Cayeuxia elliottii Dragastan 1971

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: el.li.ot’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. elliottii, Species dedicated to Dr. Graham F. Elliott of the British Museum of Natural History for his special works on algae.

Pronunciation, gender: el-li-OT-ti-i, feminine

Holotype: L.P.B. 9343

Valid publication: Dragastan O. New Algae in the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous in the Bicaz Valley, East Carpathians (Romania). Rev Esp Micropalaeontol 1971; 3:155-192.

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

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cayeuxia elliottii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cayeuxia.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Cayeuxia Frollo 1938

Assigned by: Dragastan O. New Algae in the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous in the Bicaz Valley, East Carpathians (Romania). Rev Esp Micropalaeontol 1971; 3:155-192.

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Record number: 43331