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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Collenia expansa

Name: Collenia expansa Fenton and Fenton 1937

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ex.pan’sa. L. fem. part. adj. expansa, expanded

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kol-LE-ni-a ex-PAN-sa, feminine

Holotype: Figure 1-3 in Plate 16

Valid publication: Fenton CL, Fenton MA. Belt Series of the North: Stratigraphy, sedimentation, and paleontology. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1937; 48:1873-1970.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Collenia Walcott 1914

Assigned by: Fenton CL, Fenton MA. Belt Series of the North: Stratigraphy, sedimentation, and paleontology. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1937; 48:1873-1970.

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Record number: 52217

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