Oxytropidoceras Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) Two-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Reveal Strange and Puzzling Forms by Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, January 29, 2015 http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/2015/01/29/two-billion-year-old-fossils-reveal-strange-and-puzzling-forms/ The papers are: El Albani, A., S. Bengtson, D. E. Canfield, A. Riboulleau, B. C. Rollion and others, 2014, The 2.1 Ga Old Francevillian Biota: Biogenicity, Taphonomy and Biodiversity. PLoS ONE vol. 9, no. 6, article no. e99438. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0099438 El Albani, A., S. Bengtson, D. E. Canfield, A. Bekker, R. Macchiarelli, A. Mazurier, E. U. Hammarlundm P. Boulvais, J. J. Dupuy, C. Fontaine, F. T. Fürsich, F. Gauthier-Lafaye, P. Janvier, E. Javaux, F. O. Ossa, A. C. Pierson-Wickmann, A. Riboulleau, P. Sardini, D. Vachard, M. Whitehouse, and A. Meunier, 2010, Large colonial organisms with coordinated growth in oxygenated environments 2.1 Gyr ago. Nature. vol. 466, no. 7302, pp. 100-104. Abstract: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7302/full/nature09166.html PDF file: http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/2011-10-21/Large%20colonial%20organisms%20with%20coordinated%20growth%20in%20oxygenated%20environments%202.1%20Gyrs%20ago.pdf Francevillian biota - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francevillian_biota Yours, Paul H. Edited January 30, 2015 by Oxytropidoceras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Amazing stuff! Hope I look that good when I'm that old Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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