Taxa

Horodyskia

Genus

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Horodyskia." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-horodyskia.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Horodyskia. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-horodyskia

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-horodyskia,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Horodyskia},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-horodyskia},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Horodyskia is a genus of fossilized organism found in rocks dated from about 1,480 million years ago to 550 million years ago. Its distinctive shape has been described as a string of beads connected by a very fine thread. It is considered one of the oldest known eukaryotes.

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