Name: Mitcheldeania gregaria Nicholson 1888

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gre.ga’ri.a. L. fem. adj. gregaria, belonging to a flock or herd

Pronunciation, gender: gre-GA-ri-a, feminine

Valid publication: Nicholson HA. On certain anomalous Organisms which are concerned in the Formation of some Paaeozoic Limestones. Geological Magazine 1888; 25:15-24.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Garwoodia gregaria (Nicholson 1888) Wood 1941

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Garwoodia gregaria (Nicholson 1888) Wood 1941	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Mitcheldeania gregaria 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 Mitcheldeania.
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Parent taxon: Mitcheldeania Wethered 1886

Assigned by: Nicholson HA. On certain anomalous Organisms which are concerned in the Formation of some Paaeozoic Limestones. Geological Magazine 1888; 25:15-24.

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Record number: 43118