Name: Palaeoscytonema moorhousei Edhorn 1973

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: moor.hou’se.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. moorhousei, The specific epithet is given in honour of the late Dr. W. W. Moorhouse, professor of Precambrian geology at the University of Toronto, Ontario Canada. He was one of the pioneers of Canadian Precambrian fossil studies.

Pronunciation, gender: moor-HOU-se-i, neuter

Holotype: GF-10; GS 33321

Valid publication: Edhorn A. Further investigations of fossils from the Animikie, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Proceedings of the Geological Association of Canada 1973; 25:37-66.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Palaeoscytonema Edhorn 1973

Assigned by: Edhorn A. Further investigations of fossils from the Animikie, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Proceedings of the Geological Association of Canada 1973; 25:37-66.

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Record number: 41941
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