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Species Gomphosiphon xinjiangensis
Name: Gomphosiphon xinjiangensis Liu et al. 2016
Etymology: xin.jiang.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. xinjiangensis, pertaining to Xinjiang, an autonomous region in north-western China, where the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation, gender: xin-jian͡g-EN-sis, masculine
Holotype: C-PCTOC well TZ822; LN621; thin section from a depth of 5852.74 m in well TZ822; thin section from a depth of 5852.74 m in well TZ822, housed in the C-PCTOC; TZ822
Valid publication:
Liu L, Wu Y, Yang H, Riding R. Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: systematics and significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2016; 14:183-210. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gomphosiphon Liu et al. 2016.
Publication:
Liu L, Wu Y, Yang H, Riding R. Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: systematics and significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2016; 14:183-210.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gomphosiphon Liu et al. 2016.
Publication:
Liu L, Wu Y, Yang H, Riding R. Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: systematics and significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2016; 14:183-210.
Parent taxon: Gomphosiphon Liu et al. 2016
Assigned by:
Liu L, Wu Y, Yang H, Riding R. Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: systematics and significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2016; 14:183-210.
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Record number: 39660
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