The Chuanlinggou Formation is a geologic formation in China. It preserves fossils dating back to the Statherian period of the Paleoproterozoic. It is the first formation to preserve definitive macroscopic eukaryotes, at 1.64 billion years old.
Paleobiota After Miao et al, 2024, Liu et al, 2023 and Zhongying 1986
Paleobiota PaleobiotaGenusSpeciesNotesImagesQingshaniaQ. magnificaEnigmatic filamentous eukaryoteTuanshanziaT. spEnigmatic frond-like organism; possibly within ArchaeplastidaChangchengiaC. spEnigmatic frond-like organism, possibly within ArchaeplastidaGlossophytonG. ovalis G. spEnigmatic fossil, possibly an algaChuariaC. circularisEnigmatic fossil, possibly synonymous with TawuiaTawuiaT. sinensis T. robustaEnigmatic fossil, possibly an algaSiphonophycusS. spFilamentous fossilEomycetopsisE. spFilamentous fossilArchaeotrichionA. spFilamentous fossilLeiosphaeridiaL. spAcritarchKildinosphaeraK. spAcritarch
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