Thursday, July 20, 2017

Ancient plankton-like microfossils span 2 continents

07/20/2017 10:09 AM EDT

lenticular organic microfossils

Large, robust, lens-shaped microfossils from the approximately 3.4 billion-year-old Kromberg Formation of the Kaapvaal Craton in eastern South Africa are not only among the oldest elaborate microorganisms known, but are also related to other intricate microfossils of the same age found in the Pilbara Craton of Australia, according to an international team of scientists.


Full story at http://news.psu.edu/story/474600/2017/07/13/research/ancient-plankton-microfossils-span-two-continents

Source
The Pennsylvania State University


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