Name: Myxococcoides reniformis Muir 1976

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: re.ni.for’mis. L. masc. n. ren, kidney; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, shaped like; N.L. fem. adj. reniformis, shaped like a kidney

Pronunciation, gender: re-ni-FOR-mis, feminine

Holotype: Figure 11 in Plate 113

Valid publication: Muir MD. Proterozoic microfossils from the Amelia Dolomite, McArthur Basin, Northern Territory. Alcheringa 1976; 1:143-158.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Myxococcoides Schopf 1968

Assigned by: Muir MD. Proterozoic microfossils from the Amelia Dolomite, McArthur Basin, Northern Territory. Alcheringa 1976; 1:143-158.

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Record number: 42013
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