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Shuiyousphaeridium
Temporal range: 1800-540 Ma Pha. Proterozoic Archean Had.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: incertae sedis
(unranked): Acritarcha
Genus: Shuiyousphaeridium
Yan, 1993
Species
  • S. macroreticulatum
  • S. membraniferum

Shuiyousphaeridium is an extinct genus of acritarch discovered in 1993. Dated to 1.8Ga, it represents one of the earliest fossil eukaryote taxa.

References

  1. Yan, Y. Z.; Liu, Z. L. (1993). "Significance of eukaryotic organisms in the microfossil flora of Changcheng System". Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica. 10 (2): 167–180.


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