Fungus-like mycelial fossils in 2.4-billion-year-old vesicular basalt

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Bengtson, Stefan ^a   Rasmussen, Birger ^b   Ivarsson, Magnus ^a   Muhling, Janet ^b,c   Broman, Curt ^d   Marone, Federica ^e   Stampanoni, Marco ^e,f   Bekker, Andrey ^g  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85028180304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2397334X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0141     Document Type: Article

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