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]
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| Ozarkcollenia laminata | |
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| Genus: | †Ozarkcollenia
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| †Ozarkcollenia laminata | |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Stinchcomb, Bruce L. (November 1997). "Missouri Fossils". Rocks & Minerals. 72 (6): 393–399. doi:10.1080/00357529709605072. ISSN 0035-7529.