Are the green algae (phylum Viridiplantae) two billion years old?
In his book, Life on a young planet, A.H. Knoll states that the first documented fossils of green algae date back 750 Ma. However, according to B. Teyssèdre's book, La vie invisible, they are much older. Using a method which combines paleontology and molecular phylogeny, this paper is an inquir...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Rediris
2006-09-01
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Series: | Carnets de Géologie |
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Online Access: | http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_A03/index.html |