Oxytropidoceras Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Single-celled eukaryote fossil with evidence of mineralizing found in Yukon by Bob Yirka, June 29, 2017 https://phys.org/news/2017-06-single-celled-eukaryote-fossil-evidence-mineralizing.html Precursor of teeth and bones discovered in 810-million-year old fossils. Single-celled fossils found in Canada show the earliest evidence of a tissue-hardening process known as biomineralisation, writes Andrew Masterson, Cosmos. https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/precursor-of-teeth-and-bones-discovered-in-810-million-year-old-fossils The paper is: Cohen, P. A., J. V. Strauss, A. D. Rooney, M. Sharma, and N. Tosca, 2017, Controlled hydroxyapatite biomineralization in an ~810 million-year-old unicellular eukaryote. Science Advances. Vol. 3, no. 6, e1700095. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700095 http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/6/e1700095.full Yours, Paul H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 WOHOA! Thanks Paul ,for upping the quota on Neoproterozoic posts "Precursor of teeth"? sounds tantalizing,indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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