Bangiomorpha
| Bangiomorpha pubescens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Rhodophyceae |
| Order: | Bangiales |
| Family: | Bangiaceae |
| Genus: | Bangiomorpha Butterfield |
| Species: | B. pubescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Bangiomorpha pubescens Butterfield | |
Bangiomorpha pubescens is a red alga. It is the first known sexually reproducing organism, and the first complex multicellular organism. A multicellular fossil of Bangiomorpha pubescens was recovered from the Hunting Formation in Somerset Island, Canada that strongly resembles the modern red alga Bangia despite occurring in rocks dating to 1,200 million years ago.[1]
References
- ↑ Nicholas J. Butterfield (2000). "Bangiomorpha pubescens n. gen., n. sp.: implications for the evolution of sex, multicellularity, and the Mesoproterozoic/Neoproterozoic radiation of eukaryotes". Paleobiology. 26 (3): 386–404. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2000)026<0386:BPNGNS>2.0.CO;2.
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