1 billion-year-old cell contents preserved in monazite and xenotime
Abstract Exceptional microfossil preservation, whereby sub-cellular details of an organism are conserved, remains extremely rare in the Precambrian rock record. We here report the first occurrence of exceptional cellular preservation by the rare earth element (REE) phosphates monazite and xenotime....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45575-4 |