New Form of Fossilization Discovered

[Scylla]

New way for micro fossils to form!

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/new-type-fossilization-07770.html

[DPS Ammonite]

Interesting. It reminds me of a recent paper by Dr. Suess (pronounced “zoice”) about a Paleozoic lagerstatte preserved by Oklahoma oil. Oil of Okla proven to work better than Oil of Olay when it comes to preserving organic matter.

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260173619_The_Buckhorn_Asphalt_deposit_-_An_unique_fossil_Lagerstatte_from_the_Pennsylvanian_of_Oklahoma

[Scylla]

18 minutes ago, DPS Ammonite said:

Interesting. It reminds me of a recent paper by Dr. Suess (pronounced “zoice”) about a Paleozoic lagerstatte preserved by Oklahoma oil. Oil of Okla proven to work better than Oil of Olay when it comes to preserving organic matter.

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260173619_The_Buckhorn_Asphalt_deposit_-_An_unique_fossil_Lagerstatte_from_the_Pennsylvanian_of_Oklahoma

[doushantuo]

the study (which will probably remain in the paywalled domain for some time) might be:

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/doi/10.1130/G46346.1/573751/Organic-rich-microfossils-produced-by-oil?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Organic-rich microfossils produced by oil infiltration of hollow silicified bacteria: Evidence from the ca. 340 Ma Red Dog Zn-Pb deposit, Alaska 

Birger Rasmussen

 ; 

Janet R. Muhling

 

Geology (2019)

https://doi.org/10.1130/G46346.1