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Stromatolites (/stroʊˈmætəˌlaɪts, strə-/ stroh-MAT-ə-lytes, strə-) or
stromatoliths (from
Ancient Gr**** στρῶμα (strôma), GEN στρώματος (strṓmatos) 'layer...
- lake
features the world's
highest known stromatoliths,
mineralized structures formed by microorganisms.
Stromatolith-forming
microbes were the
dominant lifeforms...
- (1851–1938) was a
German geologist and
museum scientist. His
paper "Oolith and
Stromatolith im
Norddeutschen Bundsandstein" was one of the most
important contributions...
- the
increased oxygen availability.
Preserved stromatolites are
called stromatoliths. They can be
easily recognized by
their crystallized,
thinly laminated...
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green to orange-pink to black. They have been
compared to
Precambrian stromatoliths,
which were
among the
oldest forms of life on Earth.
Laguna Negra lies...
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lakes have left
terraces around Lejía Lake
which contain bioherms and
stromatolith leftovers.
Water level fluctuations drove changes in
microbial ecosystems...
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freshwater snails, ostracods, oysters,
prosobranch gastropods and
stromatoliths occurred in Lake Suguta. A
Nilotic fauna has been
found in
fossils ****ociated...
- palaeoseamount. The
limestone is
largely lacking in
fossils but
fossil stromatoliths have been recovered. They
appear in the form of 40
centimetres (16 in)...
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Chara vulgaris), diatoms, gastropods,
golden algae, sponges, and
stromatoliths lived in the lake.
Ferns and
mosses colonized the
margins of the crater...
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originally interpreted as
fluid escape structures or
unique inverted stromatoliths.
Historical evidence for a
third option (lichenized
fungi preserved...
