Palaeosiphonella Licari

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000274

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:274

Author: G. R. Licari

Rank: genus

Reference: Licari, G. R. (1978): Biogeology of the late pre-Phanerozoic Beck Spring Dolomite of eastern California. – Journal of Paleontology 52(4): 767–792.

Page of description: 785

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Filaments wide, tubular, dichotomously and laterally branched, rarely septate. Filaments not attenuated, straight to slightly curved, seldom recurved, in matlike aggregates. Filaments attain lengths greater than 1,200 μm. Nature of terminations and mode of reproduction unknown.

Etymology

Refers to the possible siphonaceous nature of the filaments and their great age.