Diskagma

Diskagma
Temporal range: Paleoproterozoic,
Diskagma buttonii holotype, in thin section of 2200 million year old Waterval Onder paleosol, South Africa
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Diskagma

Retallack (2013)
Type species
Diskagma buttonii
Retallack (2013)

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 life on land.