Archaeoscillatoriopsis maxima Schopf 1993

Life

Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1993. Microfossils of the Early Archean Apex Chert: New Evidence of the Antiquity of Life. Science 260:640-646

Belongs to Archaeoscillatoriopsis according to J. W. Schopf 1993

Sister taxa: Archaeoscillatoriopsis disciformis, Archaeoscillatoriopsis grandis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chinaman Creek, which is in a Paleoarchean marine chert in the Apex Chert Formation of Australia

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Archaeoscillatoriopsis maxima in the database

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