Microorganisms from the Late Precambrian of Central Australia
- 15 October 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 150 (3694) , 337-339
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.150.3694.337
Abstract
An assemblage of structurally and organically well preserved microorganisms, interpreted as both green and blue-green algae, has been found in chert facies of the Bitter Springs limestone from the upper Precambrian of central Australia. This appears to be the earliest known occurrence of green algae in the fossil record. These organisms are among the oldest known multicellular and unicellular fossils exhibiting distinct histological preservation.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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