Early evolution of large micro-organisms with cytological complexity revealed by microanalyses of 3.4 Ga organic-walled microfossils

Geobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 507-521

  Sugitani, K ^a,b   Mimura, K ^a   Takeuchi, M ^a   Lepot, K ^c   Ito, S ^a,e   Javaux, E J ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e Japan Finance Corporation Tokyo Branch   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; GREENSTONE BELT; MICROFOSSIL; PALYNOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; STROMATOLITE; TERRANE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84944152864     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12148     Document Type: Article

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