Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 Ga Gunflint Formation

Fossil microorganisms older than 1.7 billion years are challenging to interpret due to their size, simple shapes, and alteration. Here, in 1.88 billion year old microfossils, the authors show a pattern of cellular preservation and internal iron nanominerals consistent with oxygenic photosynthetic ba...

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Main Authors: Kevin Lepot, Ahmed Addad, Andrew H. Knoll, Jian Wang, David Troadec, Armand Béché, Emmanuelle J. Javaux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14890

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