Bicellum brasieri
| Bicellum brasieri Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Multiple specimens of B. brasieri, such as the holotype (A) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Amorphea |
| Clade: | Obazoa |
| (unranked): | Opisthokonta |
| (unranked): | Holozoa |
| Genus: | †Bicellum |
| Species: | †B. brasieri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bicellum brasieri Strother et al. 2021 | |
Bicellum brasieri is a fossil holozoan. It is one billion years old and could be the oldest example of complex multicellularity in the evolutionary lineage leading to the animals, and has been described as bridging "the gap between the very first living creatures — single-celled organisms — and more complex multicellular life." It was discovered in 2021, and is posthumously named after the late Martin Brasier, a paleontologist who was a co-author of the paper that first described it.
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