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Gunflint Stromatolites

Paleoproterozoic (1.9 billion years old)
Gunflint Formation, Ontario, Canada

Schopf (2002) reported molecular fossils of cyanobacteria in these chertized stromatolites from the Gunflint formation.

Reference: Nature, Volume 406, March 2002

Gunflint Proterozoic Stromatolites from Canada

Gunflint Proterozoic Stromatolites