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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Palaeoscytonema srivastavae

Name: Palaeoscytonema srivastavae Maithy and Shukla 1977

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sri.vas’ta.vae. N.L. gen. masc. n. srivastavae, named after Late P. N. Srivastava for his contribution to the microbiota of Suket Shales

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa-la͡e-o-sky-to-NE-ma sri-WAS-ta-wa͡e, neuter

Holotype: PI. 2, fig. 1; Slide 4939

Valid publication: Maithy PK, Shukla M. Microbiota from the Suket Shales, Ramapura, Vindhyan System (Late Pre-Cambrian), Madhya Pradesh. Palaeobotanist 1977; 23:176-188.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Palaeoscytonema Edhorn 1973

Assigned by: Maithy PK, Shukla M. Microbiota from the Suket Shales, Ramapura, Vindhyan System (Late Pre-Cambrian), Madhya Pradesh. Palaeobotanist 1977; 23:176-188.

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Record number: 42003

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