Stromatolite

Credit: NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Stromatolite. Section through a stromatolite, the fossilised remains of a colony of cyanobacteria. This specimen originates from the Precambrian rocks of Eastern Siberia 2,500-2,000 million years old. It measures 230 millimetres across.

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