Name: Sphaerophycus tetragonalis Muir 1976

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tetragonalis, Derivation of the name. From the tetragonal arrangement of the cells.

Gender: masculine

Holotype: CPC15602

Valid publication: Muir MD. Proterozoic microfossils from the Amelia Dolomite, McArthur Basin, Northern Territory. Alcheringa 1976; 1:143-158.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

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Parent taxon: Sphaerophycus Schopf 1968

Assigned by: Muir MD. Proterozoic microfossils from the Amelia Dolomite, McArthur Basin, Northern Territory. Alcheringa 1976; 1:143-158.

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Record number: 42006