Moyeria

Moyeria
Temporal range:
Transmitted white light micrographs of Moyeria sp. showing pellicle strips (arrows). Scale bar: 10 μm.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Discoba
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Euglenida
Genus: Moyeria
Thusu, 1973
Type species
Moyeria uticana
Thusu, 1973
Species
  • M. uticana
  • M. cabottii

Moyeria is a genus of fossils interpreted as euglenids, a type of microbial eukaryotes characterized for their cells surrounded by a pellicle composed of proteinaceous strips. Described in 1973, the genus contains two species, M. uticana and M. cabottii, that fossilized from the Middle Ordovician to the Silurian.