-
branching types.
Stromatolites occur widely in the
fossil record of the
Precambrian but are rare today. Very few
Archean stromatolites contain fossilized...
- then
indurated (hardened), then recolonized.
Stromatolite Colin F.
Klappa (1979). "Lichen
Stromatolites:
Criterion for
Subaerial Exposure and a Mechanism...
- cyanobacteria.
Stromatolites provide some of the most
ancient fossil records of life on Earth,
dating back more than 3.5 billion
years ago.
Stromatolites were much...
- Much of the
fossilized stromatolites of the
world can be
found in
Western Australia. There, some of the
oldest stromatolites have been found, some dating...
-
Stromatolites in the
Precambrian Vindhyan Supergroup of
Central India : A review. Grey,
Kathleen (1984).
Biostratigraphic studies of
stromatolites from...
-
identifiable fossils consist of
stromatolites,
which are
microbial mats
formed in
shallow water by cyanobacteria. The
earliest stromatolites are
found in 3.48 billion-year-old...
- They are also
known "thrombolitic-
stromatolites" due to
their close relation with the same
composition of
stromatolites.
Because they trap sediment, their...
-
geochemical evidence. Most
archean stromatolites older than 3.0 Ga are
found in
Australia or
South Africa.
Stratiform stromatolites from the
Pilbara Craton have...
- of only a few
places in the
world with
living marine stromatolites. The Lake
Thetis stromatolites exhibit unusual columnar branching.
These narrow, closely...
- evolution.
Around the same time, the
layered mats of
microorganisms called stromatolites decreased in diversity,
perhaps due to
grazing by
newly evolved animals...
