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Strelley Pool, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -21.1537,118.988 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Western Australia, Australia |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Strelley Pool, near | Schopf J. W., Packer B. M. (1987) | Towers | "middle chert horizon" 3.3-3.6 BYA | chert | 3600 - 3200 Ma Paleoarchean |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Chroococcales order | Bacteria : Cyanobacteria : Cyanophyceae : Chroococcales | 3600 - 3200 Ma Paleoarchean |
References
Schopf J. W., Packer B. M. (1987) Early Archean (3.3-Billion to 3.5-Billion-Year-Old) Microfossils from Warrawoona Group, Australia, Science 237 4810, 70-73 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!