Species Filiconstrictosus majusculus

Name: Filiconstrictosus majusculus Schopf and Blacic 1971

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.jus’cu.lus. L. masc. adj. majusculus, somewhat greater

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fi-li-kon-strik-TO-sus ma-JUS-ku-lus, masculine

Holotype: Paleobot. Coll. Harvard Univ. 58567

Valid publication: Schopf JW, Blacic BM. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (Late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 1971; 45:925-960.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Filiconstrictosus Schopf and Blacic 1971. Publication: Schopf JW, Blacic BM. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (Late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 1971; 45:925-960.
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Parent taxon: Filiconstrictosus Schopf and Blacic 1971

Assigned by: Schopf JW, Blacic BM. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (Late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 1971; 45:925-960.

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Record number: 17715