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Eobacterium isolatum

Taxonomy
Eobacterium isolatum was named by Barghoorn and Schopf (1966). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Daylight Mine, Barberton, which is in a Paleoarchean marine chert in South Africa. It is the type species of Eobacterium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Eobacterium isolatum Barghoorn and Schopf p. 762 figs. 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
genusEobacterium
speciesisolatum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Eobacterium isolatum Barghoorn and Schopf 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available