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- Oncolites are sedimentary structures composed of oncoids, which are layered structures formed by cyanobacterial growth. Oncolites are very similar to...
- the time. Oncolites are sedimentary structures composed of oncoids, which are layered structures formed by cyanobacterial growth. Oncolites are similar...
- the area, including articulate brachiopods and Anomalocaris appendages. Oncolite fossils are also found in significant quantities. This makes the area a...
- organisms for photosynthesis. Layered spherical growth structures termed oncolites are similar to stromatolites and are also known from the fossil record...
- life extinct entirely. However, microfossils such as stromatolites and oncolites prove that, in shallow marine environments at least, life did not suffer...
- Oncolitic limestone: the spheroidal oncolites are formed via deposition of calcium carbonate by cyanobacteria...
- organisms for photosynthesis. Layered spherical growth structures termed oncolites are similar to stromatolites and are also known from the fossil record...
- used as a descriptor of textures and microstructure of stromatolites and oncolites which contain tubules or other cellular structures. The group was defined...
- recognisable "grains" in carbonate rocks. Examples would include ooids, peloids, oncolites, pellets, fossil or pre-existing carbonate fragments. Fragments are still...
- brownish grey muds; sandier layers orange. Upper layers include oolites and oncolites. Trace fossils include burrows and 'worm trails'. In some places unit...