A NEW CHROOCOCCACEAN ALGA FROM THE PROTEROZOIC OF QUEENSLAND
- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 62 (1) , 56-62
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.62.1.56
Abstract
Nannofossils section sign here described are from the middle Proterozoic Paradise Creek Formation, along Paradise Creek in northwestern Queensland, Australia. These fossils, in chert blebs associated with branched stromatolites, comprise cubic colonies analogous to living Eucapsis, a member of the blue-green algal family Chroococcaceae. The age of the enclosing rocks, bracketed by the ages of older and younger granitic events, is about 1.6 x 10(9) years. We record, therefore, a new chronological and biological datum in the currently accumulating sequence of pre-Paleozoic microbiotas.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Reproductive structures and taxonomic affinities of some nannofossils from the gunflint iron formation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1968
- Microorganisms from the Late Precambrian of Central AustraliaScience, 1965
- ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF THE GUNFLINT MICROFLORA: PRELIMINARY RESULTSProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1965
- Significance of the Gunflint (Precambrian) MicrofloraScience, 1965
- Hydrocarbons of Biological Origin in Sediments about Two Billion Years OldScience, 1965
- Microorganisms from the Gunflint ChertScience, 1965