Archaeosphaeroides

Archaeosphaeroides
Temporal range:
Paleoarchean, ~3481–3225 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: incertae sedis
Genus: †Archaeosphaeroides
Schopf and Barghoorn, 1967
Type species
†Archaeosphaeroides barbertonensis
Schopf and Barghoorn, 1967
Other species

Archaeosphaeroides is a fossil genus of probable coccoid cyanobacterium known from microfossils discovered in the Fig Tree Group of South Africa, as well as the Warrawoona Group of Western Australia. It lived during the Paleoarchean era, around 3.481–3.225 Ga.

It contains two species, A. barbertonensis (the type species) and A. pilbarensis.

References

  1. 1 2 North Pole Dome, locality A (Paleoarchean of Australia) in the Paleobiology Database
  2. 1 2 Daylight Mine, Barberton (Paleoarchean of South Africa) in the Paleobiology Database
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Archaeosphaeroides in the Paleobiology Database
  4. 1 2 Awramik, S. M.; Schopf, J. W.; Walter, M. R. (June 1983). "Filamentous fossil bacteria from the Archean of Western Australia". Precambrian Research. 20 (2–4): 357–374. Bibcode:1983PreR...20..357A. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(83)90081-5. ISSN 0301-9268. S2CID 140716823.
  5. ↑ Archaeosphaeroides J.W. Schopf & E.S. Barghoorn, 1967 †. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 14 February 2026.
  6. ↑ 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. eISSN 1095-9203. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 1721235. PMID 17730741. S2CID 24428995.

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