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Stromatolites, the oldest fossils from across Geologic Time

Archaean Stromatolites

Strelley Pool Paleoarchaean Stromatolites
Brecciated Banded Iron
Oldest Strelley Pool Stromatolites
Paleoarchaean
3.43 Billion Years Old
Strelley Pool Formation, Pilbara, Western Australia
Brecciated Banded Iron
Neoarchaean
2.73 Billion Years Old
Jackson County Iron Formation, Wisconsin
Archaen Banded Iron
Neoarchaean
2.73 Billion Years Old
Jackson County Iron Formation, Wisconsin

Proterozoic Stromatolites

Tiger Iron Banded Iron
Pilbaria perplexa Stromatolites
Girvanella Stromatolites
Baicalia capricornia
Mesoproterozoic
1.2 billion years old
Irregully Formation, Bangemall Basin, Kooline Station, Western Australia
Tiger Iron Banded Iron
Paleoproterozoic

2.2 - 2.4 billion Years Old
Hough Lake, Port Handford,
Western Australia
Pilbaria perplexa Stromatolites 
Paleoproterozoic
2.0 billion years old
Wyloo Group,
Ashburton Basin, Australia
Massive Girvanella Form Genera
Lower Proterozoic
2.2 to 2.4 billion years old
Chocolay Group, Northern Michigan 
Precambrian Stromatolites
Proterozoic Stromatolites  from Wisconsin
Horodyskia williamsi Oldest Multicellular Fossils
Horodyskia williamsi
Precambrian Stromatolites Paleoproterozoic
2.4 billion years old

Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America
Proterozoic Stromatolites Paleoproterozoic
2.4 billion years old
Bayfield County, Wisconsin
Horodyskia williamsi Oldest Multicellular Fossils
Paleoproterozoic
1.4 billion years old
Backdoor Formation, Western Australia
Horodyskia williamsi Oldest Multicellular Fossils
Paleoproterozoic
1.4 billion years old
Backdoor Formation, Western Australia
Massive Girvanella Stromatolites
Lower Proterozoic
2.4 bya

Chocolay Group, Northern Michigan
Three Different Types of Stromatolites
2.2 to 2.4 billion years old
Chocolay Group, Chocolay Hills, Northern Michigan
Paleoproterozoic Tiger Iron Stromatolite
Tiger Iron Banded Iron
Paleoproterozoic

2.4 billion Years Old
Hammersly Ranges,
Western Australia
Tiger Iron Banded Iron
Paleoproterozoic

1.8 billion Years Old
Ord Ranges, Pilbara
Western Australia

Paleozoic Stromatolites

       
       

Recent or Modern Stromatolites

Stromatolites from Marion Bay, Australia to illustrate Form Genera Variation

Recent Stromatolites Pleistocene  Marion Bay Australia
Marion Lake Stromatolites
Young Stromatolites
Modern Marion Bay Stromatolites
Recent Stromatolites Pleistocene
> 10,000 years ago
Marion Lake, Stenhouse Bay, Australia
Recent Stromatolites Holocene to Pleistocene
~ 5000 years ago
Marion Lake, York Peninsula, South Australia
Recent Stromatolites Pleistocene
> 10,000 years ago
Marion Lake, Stenhouse Bay, Australia
Recent Stromatolites Pleistocene
> 10,000 years ago
Marion Lake, Stenhouse Bay, Australia

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