Mesoproterozoic
second Era of the Proterozoic Eon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
second Era of the Proterozoic Eon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mesoproterozoic is a geologic era which lasted from 1,600 million years ago (mya) to 1,000 mya.
The major events of this era are:
Evidence of a eukaryotic red algae, Bangiomorpha pubescens, has been identified from ~1200 mya old rocks in the Hunting Formation (Somerset Island, Canada). This is the oldest known sexually reproducing organism and therefore the earliest known complex multicellular organism.[1]