Name: Myxococcoides congoensis Maithy 1975

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.go.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. congoensis, pertaining to Congo [probably better: congonensis]

Pronunciation, gender: kon-go-EN-sis, feminine

Holotype: Figure 10 in Plate 2

Valid publication: Maithy PK. Micro-organisms from the Bushimay System (Late Pre-Cambrian) of Kanshi, Zaire. Palaeobotanist 1975; 22:133-149.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Myxococcoides Schopf 1968

Assigned by: Maithy PK. Micro-organisms from the Bushimay System (Late Pre-Cambrian) of Kanshi, Zaire. Palaeobotanist 1975; 22:133-149.

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Record number: 42020
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