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Eoleptonema australicum

Taxonomy
Eoleptonema australicum was named by Schopf (1983). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CPC 20204, coordinates 51.5x103.7 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Pole Dome, locality A, which is in a Paleoarchean marine chert in the Dresser Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Eoleptonema.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Eoleptonema australicum Schopf p. 370 fig. 3e
1993Eoleptonema australicum Schopf p. 645

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
RankNameAuthor
genusEoleptonema
speciesaustralicum

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.

Eoleptonema australicum Schopf 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Paleoarchean or 3600.00000 to 3200.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleoarchean3600.0 - 3200.0Australia (Western Australia) Eoleptonema australicum (type locality: 227837)