Archaen Stromatolites Stratifera Form Genus

Stromatolites

Stratifera Form Genus

Hand Polished

Geological Time: Archaean, ~ 2.58 Billion Years Old

Size: Stromatolite fossil is 210 mm by 145 mm (maximum)

Fossil Site: Upper Whalen Group, Hartville Uplift, near Guernsey, Wyoming

Code: DS17002

Price: Sold


Archaen Stromatolites Stratifera Form GenusDescription: There are but few Archaean stromatolites sites in North America, making this an unusual specimen. Clearly much of the ancient reefs have been ground up into sediment, and perhaps much subsumed back into the Earth's mantle. These stromatolites come from the Hartville Uplift that is cut by a granite dike radio-dated at 2.56 billion years old. This stromatolite comes from below the granite and is therefore older. Being dolomite that has been highly metamorphosed, it fits into the Stratifera form genus.

Some theories hold that stromatolites were widespread and prolific reef builders in the Archaean and through the Lower Proterozoic, and steeply declined beginning by the Middle Proterozoic. The primary microorganism that built stromatolites is believed to have been a photosynthetic Eubacteria that oxygenated the earth’s oceans and atmosphere, leading to the “rusting of the seas” that deposited countless tons of iron. See my other listings for an example of the Gruneria stromatolites form genus.

Fossils for Sale

click stromatolites pictures to enlarge

Archaen Stromatolites Stratifera Form Genus

Fossil Mall Navigation:
l Home l Fossils for Sale Map l Museum and Rare Fossils l How to Buy Fossils l

Navigate by Fossil Category:
l Trilobites
l Ammonites l Fish Fossils l Invertebrate Fossils l
l Crinoids and Echinoderms l Insect Fossils l Dinosaur and Reptile Fossils l
l Cambrian Explosion Fossils l Plant Fossils l Stromatolites l
l Vertebrate Fossils l Fossil Amber l Trace & Ichnofossils l

l Fossils and Paleotological Science Information l