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Archaeoscillatoriopsis disciformis

Taxonomy
Archaeoscillatoriopsis disciformis was named by Schopf (1993). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chinaman Creek, which is in a Paleoarchean marine chert in the Apex Chert Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Archaeoscillatoriopsis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Archaeoscillatoriopsis disciformis Schopf p. 645 figs. Fig 3. L-O

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
RankNameAuthor
genusArchaeoscillatoriopsis
speciesdisciformis

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