Precambrian Columnar Stromatolite Diversity: Reflection of Metazoan Appearance
- 19 November 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 174 (4011), 825-827
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.174.4011.825
Abstract
Columnar stromatolites (organosedimentary structures built by bluegreen algae) show a marked decrease in diversity in the Late Precambrian; this decrease in diversity occurs at approximately the same time as the appearance of metazoans, 600 to 700 million years ago.Keywords
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