1 billion-year-old cell contents preserved in monazite and xenotime

Abstract Exceptional microfossil preservation, whereby sub-cellular details of an organism are conserved, remains extremely rare in the Precambrian rock record. We here report the first occurrence of exceptional cellular preservation by the rare earth element (REE) phosphates monazite and xenotime....

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Main Authors: David Wacey, Eva Sirantoine, Martin Saunders, Paul Strother
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/39f0318f7af9402da050a810833f4cfe
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