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Scientists have argued for a biological origin of stromatolites due to the presence of organic globule clusters within the thin layers of the stromatolites, of aragonite nanocrystals (both features of current stromatolites), [18] and of other microstructures in older stromatolites that parallel those in younger stromatolites that show strong ...
Most archean stromatolites older than 3.0 Ga are found in Australia or South Africa. Stratiform stromatolites from the Pilbara Craton have been identified in the 3.47 Ga Mount Ada Basalt. [59] Barberton, South Africa hosts stratiform stromatolites in the 3.46 Hooggenoeg, 3.42 Kromberg and 3.33 Ga Mendon Formations of the Onverwacht Group.
The oldest stromatolites have been dated to approximately 3.5 billion years old. [18] Stromatolites in Barberton have been dated to about 3.3 billion years. Microfossils found in chert extend the Barberton microfossil record back to 3.5 billion years. All three types of microfossil morphologies are found in cherts.
The earliest identifiable fossils consist of stromatolites, which are microbial mats formed in shallow water by cyanobacteria. The earliest stromatolites are found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia. [43] [44] Stromatolites are found throughout the Archean [45] and become common late in the Archean.
Modern stromatolites are relatively small, Hynek said, whereas ancient stromatolites used to grow to 20 feet (6 meters) tall and 16 to 22 feet (5 to 7 meters) wide, he said.
[3] [4] The oldest of these bedded cherts are the stromatolitic bedded chert-barites of the Dresser Formation in the Panorama greenstone belt. The second oldest are the slightly younger Marble Bar Chert Member of the Towers Formation in the Marble Bar greenstone belt. The youngest of these three bedded cherts of the Strelley Pool Chert, a ...
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