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Title:	Paleopleurocapsa Wopfnerii gen. et sp. nov.: A Late Precambrian Alga and Its Modern Counterpart
Author:	Knoll, Andrew; Golubic, Stjepko; Barghoorn, Elso S. Note: Order does not necessarily reflect citation order of authors.
Citation:	Knoll, Andrew H., Elso S. Barghoorn, and Stjepko Golubic. 1975. Paleopleurocapsa wopfnerii gen. et sp. nov.: A Late Precambrian alga and its modern counterpart. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 72, no. 7: 2488-2492.
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Abstract:	Silicified dolomite of the approximately one billion year old Skillogalee Dolomite of the Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia, contains organically preserved microfossils of a structurally complex, crustose pleurocapsalean cyanophyte, herein described as Paleopleurocapsa wopfnerii. Although actual cell contents have been degraded, lamellar sheath material faithfully preserves the morphology of the alga. Comparison with specimens of the modern genus Pleurocapsa Thuret demonstrates affinities at the family level and quite possibly even generic identity.
Published Version:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.72.7.2488
Other Sources:	http://www.pnas.org/content/72/7/2488
Citable link to this page:	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3119531

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