Biology:Ozarkcollenia
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Short description: Extinct genus of bacteria
| Ozarkcollenia Temporal range: 1500 Ma
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| Ozarkcollenia laminata | |
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| Order: | Kanithosia
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| Genus: | †Ozarkcollenia
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| †Ozarkcollenia laminata | |
Ozarkcollenia is an extinct genus of stromatolite-making cyanobacteria from Missouri, United States . It was related to Collenia.[1] Ozarkcollenia may have formed in a lake of volcanic origin. The fossils of Ozarkcollenia laminata have been dated to the Proterozoic eon, about 1.5 billion years ago. It occurs in parts of Missouri's Ozark Mountains.[2]
References
- ↑ Rich, Thomas H. V.; Fenton, Carroll Lane; Fenton, Mildred Adams; Rich, Pat Vickers (1996). The fossil book: a record of prehistoric life. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-29371-4. https://archive.org/details/fossilbookrecor00rich.
- ↑ Stinchcomb, Bruce L. (November 1997). "Missouri Fossils" (in en). Rocks & Minerals 72 (6): 393–399. doi:10.1080/00357529709605072. ISSN 0035-7529.
Wikidata ☰ Q48971365 entry
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