Name: Scissilisphaera regularis Knoll and Calder 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: re.gu.la’ris. L. fem. adj. regularis, of or belonging to a bar, regular

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … re-gu-LA-ris, feminine

Holotype: Figure 8 in Plate 59; Harvard University Botanical Collections No. 60643

Valid publication: Knoll AH, Calder S. Microbiotas of the late Precambrian Ryssö Formation, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. Palaeontology 1983; 26:467-496.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Scissilisphaera Knoll and Calder 1983. Publication: Knoll AH, Calder S. Microbiotas of the late Precambrian Ryssö Formation, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. Palaeontology 1983; 26:467-496.
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Parent taxon: Scissilisphaera Knoll and Calder 1983

Assigned by: Knoll AH, Calder S. Microbiotas of the late Precambrian Ryssö Formation, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. Palaeontology 1983; 26:467-496.

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Record number: 25498