| Diskagma Temporal range: Paleoproterozoic,
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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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Diskagma ("disc-like fragment") is a genus of problematic fossil from a Paleoproterozoic (2200 million years old) paleosol from South Africa, and significant as one of the oldest likely eukaryotes and some of the earliest evidence for megascopic life on land.[1]
- ^ Retallack, G.J.; Krull, E.S.; Thackray, G.D.; Parkinson, D. (2013). "Problematic urn-shaped fossils from a Paleoproterozoic (2.2 Ga) paleosol in South Africa". Precambrian Research. 235: 71–87. Bibcode:2013PreR..235...71R. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2013.05.015.
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