†Archaeosphaeroides barbertonensis Schopf and Barghoorn 1967
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Full reference: J. W. Schopf and E. S. Barghoorn. 1967. Alga-like fossils from the Early Precambrian of South Africa. Science 156:508-512
Belongs to Archaeosphaeroides according to J. W. Schopf and E. S. Barghoorn 1967
Sister taxon: Archaeosphaeroides pilbarensis
Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 58346, thin section D/FT-1. Its type locality is Daylight Mine, Barberton, which is in a Paleoarchean marine chert in South Africa.
Distribution: found only at Daylight Mine, Barberton
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