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Stromatolites are fossilized microbial mats.
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Is it true that Stromatolites are fossilized microbial mats?
Yes. Multiple authoritative reference and peer-reviewed sources confirm that stromatolites are fossilized microbial mats or layered sedimentary structures formed by microbial communities.
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Wikipedia: Stromatolite. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromatolite
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Wikipedia: Microbial mat. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial_mat
Indicates stromatolites are laminated deposits with a long fossil record representing early ecosystems.
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PLOS (all journals): Metagenomic and Metabolic Profiling of Nonlithifying and Lithifying Stromatolitic Mats of Highborne Cay, The Bahamas. (n.d.). PLOS (all journals). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038229
Directly defines fossilized microbial mats as stromatolites, formed by minerals precipitating from organisms in microbial mats.
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LibreTexts: LibreTexts: W2017 Lecture 08 reading. (n.d.). LibreTexts. https://bio.libretexts.org/LibreTexts/University_of_California_Davis/BIS_2A%3A_Introductory_Biology_(Facciotti)/Readings/W2017_Readings/W2017_Lecture_08_reading
Notes fossilized microbial mats represent the earliest record of life, defining stromatolites as sedimentary structures formed by prokaryotes in microbial mats.
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OpenStax: OpenStax Concepts of Biology: 13.1 Prokaryotic Diversity. (n.d.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/concepts-biology/pages/e5edf495-b4e0-4e41-94d5-6dddee616da9@
Refers to microbial reefs known as stromatolites dominating the fossil record.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: New multi-scale perspectives on the stromatolites of Shark Bay, Western Australia. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. https://www.nature.com/articles/srep20557.pdf
States that fossil mat communities from the Precambrian are found as laminated sedimentary rock structures called stromatolites.
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PubMed / MEDLINE: PubMed: A model for diurnal patterns of carbon fixation in a Precambrian microbial mat based on a modern analog.. (n.d.). PubMed / MEDLINE. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1854911/
Identifies the oldest macro-fossils as fossilized mats called stromatolites composed of thin layers secreted by cyanobacteria.
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Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Planet Earth/print version. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Planet_Earth/print_version
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