Spongy-looking microfabrics in the earliest named stromatolite represent deep burial alteration and incipient metamorphism

Abstract The earliest named stromatolite Cryptozoon Hall, 1884 (Late Cambrian, ca. 490 Ma, eastern New York State), was recently re-interpreted as an interlayered microbial mat and non-spiculate (keratosan) sponge deposit. This “classic stromatolite” is prominent in a fundamental debate concerning t...

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Main Authors: Fritz Neuweiler, Mathias Mueller, Benjamin F. Walter, Ed Landing, Aratz Beranoaguirre, Consuelo Sendino, Lisa Amati, Stephen Kershaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83359-7
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