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First fossil evidence of multicellular eukaryotes

Range	~900 Mya
Organism	Eukaryotes
Reference	Topley and Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections, John T. Magee, Taxonomy and nomenclature of bacteria, p.17 left column 2nd paragraph
Comments	Mya=Million years ago. The eukaryotic life forms diversified to give various unicellular lineages, the fungi, plants, and animals, with the first fossil evidence of multicellular eukaryotes occurring about 0.9?10^9 years ago.
Entered by	Uri M
ID	107504