Stromatolites (/stroʊˈmætəˌlaɪts, strə-/ stroh-MAT-ə-lytes, strə-) or stromatoliths (from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma), GEN στρώματος (strṓmatos) 'layer...

(1851–1938) was a German geologist and museum scientist. His paper "Oolith and Stromatolith im Norddeutschen Bundsandstein" was one of the most important contributions...

lake features the world's highest known stromatoliths, mineralized structures formed by microorganisms. Stromatolith-forming microbes were the dominant lifeforms...

Tolar Grande and are of scientific interest due to the stromatoliths that grow there; stromatoliths are the oldest traces of life on the planet and at least...

palaeoseamount. The limestone is largely lacking in fossils but fossil stromatoliths have been recovered. They appear in the form of 40 centimetres (16 in)...

lakes have left terraces around Lejía Lake which contain bioherms and stromatolith leftovers. Water level fluctuations drove changes in microbial ecosystems...

originally interpreted as fluid escape structures or unique inverted stromatoliths. Historical evidence for a third option (lichenized fungi preserved...

and Chara vulgaris), diatoms, gastropods, golden algae, sponges and stromatoliths lived in the lake. Ferns and mosses colonized the margins of the crater...

the increased oxygen availability. Preserved stromatolites are called stromatoliths. They can be easily recognized by their crystallized, thinly laminated...

and form pinnacles on the surface of the bank. Algal rhodoliths and stromatoliths have been found on Alexa as well. The Japanese snake blenny has been...

green to orange-pink to black. They have been compared to Precambrian stromatoliths, which were among the oldest forms of life on Earth. Laguna Negra lies...

foraminifera, gastropods, ostracods, oysters, serpulid worms, sponges and stromatoliths. Fossils of animals have been found in the drill cores. Rudists and...

freshwater snails, ostracods, oysters, prosobranch gastropods and stromatoliths occurred in Lake Suguta. A Nilotic fauna has been found in fossils associated...