Archaeosporales is an order of fungi best known as arbuscular mycorrhiza to vascular land plants (Tracheophyta). But also form free living endocyte symbioses with cyanobacteria.[1] The free living forms may have a Precambrian fossil record back 2.2 Ga, well before evolution of Tracheophyta.[4] However, the earliest fossils of Opisthokonta otherwise date back to the early Tonian, thus making this possibility questionable.
| Archaeosporales | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Glomeromycota |
| Class: | Glomeromycetes |
| Order: | Archaeosporales C.Walker & A.Schüßler (2004)[1] |
| Families[2][3] | |
References
edit- ^ a b A. Schüßler; et al. (2001). "A new fungal phylum, the Glomeromycota: phylogeny and evolution". Mycol. Res. 105 (12): 1413–1421. doi:10.1017/S0953756201005196.
- ^ "International Culture Collection of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi". Archived from the original on 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ^ M. Krüger; C. Krüger; C. Walker; H. Stockinger; A. Schüßler (2011). "Phylogenetic reference data for systematics and phylotaxonomy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from phylum to species level". New Phytologist. 193 (4): 970–984. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03962.x. PMID 22150759.
- ^ Retallack, G.J.; Krull, E.S.; Thackray, G.D. & Parkinson, D. (2013). "Problematic urn-shaped fossils from a Paleoproterozoic (2.2 Ga) paleosol in South Africa". Precambrian Research. 235: 71–87. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2013.05.015.
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