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It isn't really an ancient organism, but Cyanobacteria were the organisms that changed earths atmosphere (I think?)

It was around 3 billion years ago, and they formed colonies that accreted sand making structures known as Stromatolites.

Funny thing was because there was no free Oxygen around before hand, as soon as the Cyano's started making it, it would react with all the dissolved iron in the oceans (making rust) to such proportions that they almost wiped themselves extinct because there was so much rust everywhere!

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