The fossil record of cyanobacteria

Ecology of Cyanobacteria II: Their Diversity in Space and Time

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 15-36

  Schopf, J William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3855-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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38. Butterfield NJ (2009) Modes of pre-Ediacaran multicellularity. Precambrian Res 173:201-211
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42. Darwin CR (1859) On the origin of species by means of natural selection. John Murray, London, 490 pp
43. DeGregorio BT, Sharp TG, Flynn GJ, Wirick S, Hervig RL (2009) Biogenic origin for Earth's oldest putative fossils. Geology 37:631-634
44. Derenne S, Robert F, Skrzypczak-Bonduelle A, Gourier D, Binet L, Rouzaud J-N (2008) Molecular evidence for life in the 3.5 billion year old Warrawoona chert. Earth Planet Sci Lett 272:476-480
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46. Eigenbrode JL, Freeman KH, Summons RE (2008) Methylhopane biomarker hydrocarbons in Hamersley Province sediments provide evidence for Neoarchean aerobiosis. Earth Planet Sci Lett 273:323-331
47. Fairchild TR (1975) The geologic setting and paleobiology of a Late Precambrian stromatolitic microflora from South Australia. Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 272 pp
48. Farquhar J, Bao H, Thiemens M (2000) Atmospheric influence of Earth's earliest sulfur cycle. Science 289:756-759
49. Farquhar J, Peterson M, Johnson DT, Strauss H, Masterson A, Weichert U, Kaufman AJ (2007) Isotopic evidence for Mesoarchaean anoxia and changing atmospheric sulfur chemistry. Nature 449:706-709
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