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Biomarkers helped solving the mystery of 500-million-year-old macroorganisms

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2018-01-23

Researchers have conducted chemical analysis of biomarkers remaining after the decomposition of the genus Beltanelliformis. These organisms populated the Earth in the Ediacaran period (about 575-541 million years ago), and their position on the evolutionary tree was unknown. The data show that Beltanelliformis were colonies of cyanobacteria. The results of the work were published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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https://phys.org/news/2018-01-biomarkers-mystery-million-year-old-macroorganisms.html