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Primaevifilum septatum

Taxonomy
Primaevifilum septatum was named by Schopf (1983). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CPC 20201, coordinates 45.1x98.4 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 Primaevifilum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Primaevifilum septatum Schopf p. 369 fig. 3a
1993Primaevifilum septatum Schopf p. 645

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
RankNameAuthor
genusPrimaevifilum
speciesseptatum

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.

Primaevifilum septatum 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) Primaevifilum septatum (type locality: 227837)