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Eoastrion

Taxonomy
Eoastrion was named by Barghoorn (1965). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Problematica by Andrews (1970); and to Bacteria by Oehler (1977) and Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Eoastrion Barghoorn p. 576
1970Eoastrion Andrews
1977Eoastrion Oehler p. 338
1997Eoastrion Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati p. 213

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
RankNameAuthor
Bacteria
genusEoastrion

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.

G. †Eoastrion Barghoorn 1965
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Eoastrion bifurcatum Barghoorn 1965
Eoastrion simplex Barghoorn 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available