Evidence of Archean life: Stromatolites and microfossils

2007/05/08 by J. William Schopf, Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev, Andrew D. Czaja +1 · 12 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Planetary Science and Exploration

paper · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2007.04.009

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Citations

• Stromatolite morphogenesis—progress and problems
• Disparate rates, differing fates: tempo and mode of evolution changed from the Precambrian to the Phanerozoic.

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