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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Oscillatoriopsis curta

Name: Oscillatoriopsis curta Horodyski and Donaldson 1980

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cur’ta. L. fem. adj. curta, short

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KUR-ta, feminine

Holotype: Figure 13b*

Valid publication: Horodyski RJ, Donaldson JA. Microfossils from the Middle Proterozoic Dismal Lakes Group, Arctic Canada. Precambrian Research 1980; 11:125-159.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriopsis Schopf 1968

Assigned by: Horodyski RJ, Donaldson JA. Microfossils from the Middle Proterozoic Dismal Lakes Group, Arctic Canada. Precambrian Research 1980; 11:125-159.

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Record number: 34127
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