Name: Eomycetopsis pflugii Maithy and Shukla 1977

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pflu’gi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. pflugii, named in honor of Prof. H. D. Pflug for his contribution to the study of Pre-cambrian microbiota

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … PFLU-gi-i, feminine

Holotype: Figure 16 in Plate 2

Valid publication: Maithy PK, Shukla M. Microbiota from the Suket Shales, Ramapura, Vindhyan System (Late Pre-Cambrian), Madhya Pradesh. Palaeobotanist 1977; 23:179.

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

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Notes:
  • ❗ Eomycetopsis pflugii 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 Eomycetopsis.
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Parent taxon: Eomycetopsis Schopf 1968

Assigned by: Maithy PK, Shukla M. Microbiota from the Suket Shales, Ramapura, Vindhyan System (Late Pre-Cambrian), Madhya Pradesh. Palaeobotanist 1977; 23:179.

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Record number: 47075