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Three-dimensional preservation of cellular and subcellular structures suggests 1.6 billion-year-old crown-group red algae

The ~1.6 Ga Tirohan Dolomite of the Lower Vindhyan in central India contains phosphatized stromatolitic microbialites. We report from there uniquely well-preserved fossils interpreted as probable crown-group rhodophytes (red algae). The filamentous form Rafatazmia chitrakootensis n. gen, n. sp. has...

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Autores principales: Bengtson, Stefan, Sallstedt, Therese, Belivanova, Veneta, Whitehouse, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28291791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000735