The Middle to Late Proterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup covers an area of
Abundant coccoid and filamentous microfosslls are found in petrographic thin sections of stratiform stromatolitic cherts from the z1200 Ma-old Fawn Limestone of the Khein-jua Formation, lower Vindhyan Supergroup, central India. The assemblages is dominated by coccoid forms of probable chroococcacean...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.594.5553 2023-05-15T15:41:14+02:00 The Middle to Late Proterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup covers an area of Dianna Schulte Mcmenamin Stanley M. Awramik The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1982 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.594.5553 http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/awramik/pubs/MCME8347.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.594.5553 http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/awramik/pubs/MCME8347.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/awramik/pubs/MCME8347.pdf mann Entophysalidaceae-- Eoentophysalis belcherends Hofmann E. magna n. sp Oscfl text 1982 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T13:40:33Z Abundant coccoid and filamentous microfosslls are found in petrographic thin sections of stratiform stromatolitic cherts from the z1200 Ma-old Fawn Limestone of the Khein-jua Formation, lower Vindhyan Supergroup, central India. The assemblages is dominated by coccoid forms of probable chroococcacean and entophysalidacean affinities; most filaments closely resemble the osciliatoriacean Gunflintia minuta. Unlike other Middle to Late Proterozoic stromatolitic microbiotas, the Kheinjua is dominated by microfossils < 10,m in diameter. Another notable feature of the assem-blage is that its microfossiis are found in extensive sheets of amorphous organic matrix, which also contains rare bizarre morphs unique to this formation. Taxonomically, the Kheinjua microbiota most closely resembles Proterozoic micro-biotas described from the Belcher Islands (Kasegalik Formation), McArthur Group, Bitter Springs Formation, and the Yudoma Suite. The following taxa are formally described: Chroococcaceae- Myxococcoides minor Text Belcher Islands Unknown Belcher ENVELOPE(-94.172,-94.172,57.936,57.936) Belcher Islands ENVELOPE(-79.250,-79.250,56.184,56.184) Hofmann ENVELOPE(160.600,160.600,-82.667,-82.667) McArthur ENVELOPE(-70.337,-70.337,-71.166,-71.166) Yudoma ENVELOPE(135.244,135.244,59.165,59.165) |
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Abundant coccoid and filamentous microfosslls are found in petrographic thin sections of stratiform stromatolitic cherts from the z1200 Ma-old Fawn Limestone of the Khein-jua Formation, lower Vindhyan Supergroup, central India. The assemblages is dominated by coccoid forms of probable chroococcacean and entophysalidacean affinities; most filaments closely resemble the osciliatoriacean Gunflintia minuta. Unlike other Middle to Late Proterozoic stromatolitic microbiotas, the Kheinjua is dominated by microfossils < 10,m in diameter. Another notable feature of the assem-blage is that its microfossiis are found in extensive sheets of amorphous organic matrix, which also contains rare bizarre morphs unique to this formation. Taxonomically, the Kheinjua microbiota most closely resembles Proterozoic micro-biotas described from the Belcher Islands (Kasegalik Formation), McArthur Group, Bitter Springs Formation, and the Yudoma Suite. The following taxa are formally described: Chroococcaceae- Myxococcoides minor |
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The Middle to Late Proterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup covers an area of |
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The Middle to Late Proterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup covers an area of |
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ENVELOPE(-94.172,-94.172,57.936,57.936) ENVELOPE(-79.250,-79.250,56.184,56.184) ENVELOPE(160.600,160.600,-82.667,-82.667) ENVELOPE(-70.337,-70.337,-71.166,-71.166) ENVELOPE(135.244,135.244,59.165,59.165) |
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