Name: Siphonophycus capitaneus corrig. Nyberg and Schopf 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.pi.ta’ne.us. L. masc. adj. capitaneus, large

Pronunciation, gender: ka-pi-TA-ne-us, masculine

Holotype: Figure 11e*

Valid publication: Nyberg AV, Schopf JW. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the upper proterozoic Min'yar formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. J Paleontol 1984; 58:738-772.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Siphonophycus Schopf 1968

Assigned by: Nyberg AV, Schopf JW. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the upper proterozoic Min'yar formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. J Paleontol 1984; 58:738-772.

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Record number: 39722
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