Diskagma
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Diskagma ("disc-like fragment") is a genus of problematic fossil from a Paleoproterozoic (2200 million years old) paleosol from South Africa, and significant as the oldest likely eukaryote and earliest evidence for megascopic life on land.[1]
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Diskagma Temporal range: Paleoproterozoic, 2200 Ma | |
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Diskagma buttonii holotype, in thin section of 2200 million year old Waterval Onder paleosol, South Africa | |
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Genus: | Diskagma Retallack (2013) |
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Diskagma buttonii Retallack (2013) |
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