Kakabekia

Kakabekia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Genus:	Kakabekia; E.S. Barghoorn & S.A. Tyler, 1965
Type species
	Kakabekia umbellata; Barghoorn & Tyler, 1965
Species
	K. barghoorniana S.M.Siegel, 1968; K. edouardii Locq. 1979; K. eduardi Locq et al.; †K. flabelliformis P.K. Maithy et al.; †K. rarea P.K. Maithy et al.; †K. umbellata Barghoorn & Tyler, 1965;

Kakabekia is an about two billion-year-old fossil genus of microorganism from the Gunflint Chert. Kakabekia barghoorniana is a living fossil of this genus.^[1]

References

↑ Siegel, B.Z.; Siegel, S.M. (October 1970). "Biology of the Precambrian Genus Kakabekia: New Observations on Living Kakabekia barghoorniana". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 67 (2): 1005–1010. JSTOR 60032. PMC 283305. PMID 16591868.

External links

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[Siegel-1] Siegel, B.Z.; Siegel, S.M. (October 1970). "Biology of the Precambrian Genus Kakabekia: New Observations on Living Kakabekia barghoorniana". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 67 (2): 1005–1010. JSTOR 60032. PMC 283305. PMID 16591868.