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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Cephalophytarion minutum

Name: Cephalophytarion minutum Schopf 1968

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.nu’tum. L. neut. part. adj. minutum, very small, referring to the small size of the sporangia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ke-pha-lo-phy-TA-ri-on mi-NU-tum, neuter

Holotype: Paleobot. Coll. Harvard Univ. No. 58457

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

Parent taxon: Cephalophytarion 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: 35200

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