Name: Tenuofilum septatum Schopf 1968

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sep.ta’tum. L. neut. perf. part. septum, partition; L. neut. adj. septatum, with reference to the presence of septa

Gender: neuter

Holotype: Paleobot. Coll. Harvard 58527

Valid publication: Schopf JW. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, Central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 1968; 42:651-688.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Siphonophycus septatum (Schopf 1968) Knoll et al. 1991

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Siphonophycus septatum (Schopf 1968) Knoll et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tenuofilum Schopf 1968. Publication: Schopf JW. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, Central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 1968; 42:651-688.
  • ❗ Tenuofilum septatum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Tenuofilum.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tenuofilum Schopf 1968

Assigned by: Schopf JW. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, Central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 1968; 42:651-688.

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Record number: 45338