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Species "Primaevifilum septatum"
Name: "Primaevifilum septatum" Schopf 1983
Etymology: sep.ta’tum. L. neut. perf. part. septum, partition; L. neut. adj. septatum, with reference to the presence of septa
Original publication:
Awramik SM, Schopf JW, Walter MR. Filamentous fossil bacteria from the Archean of Western Australia. Precambrian Research 1983; 20:357-374. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Primaevifilum" Schopf 1983.
Publication:
Awramik SM, Schopf JW, Walter MR. Filamentous fossil bacteria from the Archean of Western Australia. Precambrian Research 1983; 20:357-374.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Schopf) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Awramik et al.).
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Primaevifilum" Schopf 1983.
Publication:
Awramik SM, Schopf JW, Walter MR. Filamentous fossil bacteria from the Archean of Western Australia. Precambrian Research 1983; 20:357-374.
Parent taxon: "Primaevifilum" Schopf 1983
Assigned by:
Awramik SM, Schopf JW, Walter MR. Filamentous fossil bacteria from the Archean of Western Australia. Precambrian Research 1983; 20:357-374.
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Record number: 25506
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