弗朗斯維爾生物群是一群21亿年前的古元古代宏观生物,得名于加蓬古元古代弗朗斯維爾B地层(一个黑页岩省)中发现的化石。这些化石被认为是最早的多细胞生命形式的证据。[1]它们是由普瓦捷大学法國裔摩洛哥地质学家阿卜杜拉扎克·艾爾·阿爾巴尼(英语:Abderrazak El Albani)领导的一个国际团队发现的。它们大都还没有被赋予正式的生物分类学位置,维也纳自然史博物馆2014年将它们非正式地统称为「加蓬生物群」。[2]
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