Archaeosphaeroides

Archaeosphaeroides
Temporal range: Paleoarchean
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: incertae sedis
Genus: †
J.W.Schopf & E.S.Barghoorn, 1967[1]

Archaeosphaeroides is an extinct genus of bacteria from the Paleoarchean. It is a coccoid cyanobacterium from the Fig Tree Formation of South Africa which dates back to 3,000 million years ago.

  1. ^ Schopf, J. W.; Barghoorn, E. S. (1967). "Alga-Like Fossils from the Early Precambrian of South Africa". Science. 156 (3774): 508–512. Bibcode:1967Sci...156..508S. doi:10.1126/science.156.3774.508. PMID 17730741.
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