Leiosphaerid

Leiosphaeridia is a form-genus of acritarchs proposed by Eisenack in 1958. The grouping was refined to represent a more natural group by Jankauskas.^[1]

Some leiosphaerid acritarchs have been recognised as vaucheriacean algæ.^[2]

The class represents shallow-water environments.^[3]

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^ Buick, R.; Knoll, A.H. (1999). "Acritarchs And Microfossils From The Mesoproterozoic Bangemall Group, Northwestern Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (5): 744–764. ISSN 0022-3360. PMID 11543499.
^ Butterfield, N.J. (2004). "A vaucheriacean alga from the middle Neoproterozoic of Spitsbergen: implications for the evolution of Proterozoic eukaryotes and the Cambrian explosion". Paleobiology. 30 (2): 231–252. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0231:AVAFTM>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373.
^ Li, J.; Servais, T.; Yan, K.; Zhu, H. (2004). "A nearshore — offshore trend in acritarch distribution from the Early-Middle Ordovician of the Yangtze Platform, South China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 130 (1–4): 141–161. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2003.12.005.

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[Buick-1] Buick, R.; Knoll, A.H. (1999). "Acritarchs And Microfossils From The Mesoproterozoic Bangemall Group, Northwestern Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (5): 744–764. ISSN 0022-3360. PMID 11543499.

[Butterfield2004-2] Butterfield, N.J. (2004). "A vaucheriacean alga from the middle Neoproterozoic of Spitsbergen: implications for the evolution of Proterozoic eukaryotes and the Cambrian explosion". Paleobiology. 30 (2): 231–252. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0231:AVAFTM>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373.

[Li2004-3] Li, J.; Servais, T.; Yan, K.; Zhu, H. (2004). "A nearshore — offshore trend in acritarch distribution from the Early-Middle Ordovician of the Yangtze Platform, South China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 130 (1–4): 141–161. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2003.12.005.

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