Horodyskia
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Horodyskia is a fossilised organism found in rocks dated from to . Its shape has been described as a "string of beads" connected by a very fine thread. It is considered one of the oldest known eukaryotes.
== Discovery and naming == The holotype material for Horodyskia was found in the Appekunny Formation, Glacier National Park in Montana in 1982, and was formally described and named in 2000.