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Pilbaria perplexa Walter, 1972

Pilbaria perplexa Walter, 1972
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Pilbaria perplexa Walter, 1972
Pilbaria perplexa Walter, 1972
Pilbaria perplexa Walter, 1972
Pilbaria perplexa Walter, 1972
Pilbaria perplexa Walter, 1972

Products description

This piece is a beautiful cut of a fossil stromatolite of the species Pilbaria perplexa from the Duck Creek Dolomite of Australia. Microfossils similar to those of the Gunflint Formation have also been found in the carbonate sediments of the Duck Creek Dolomite.  

Knoll, A. H., & Barghoorn, E. S. (1976). A Gunflint-type microbiota from the Duck Creek dolomite, Western Australia. Journal of Paleontology, 50(5), 976–981.
 
 

Location:

Paraburdoo,  Ashburton Basin, Australia 
Size Plate:about 94 x 44 mm
Age:Precambrian, Paleoproterozoic, Orosirian, Wyloo Group, Duck Creek Dolomite (About 1360 - 1650 Ma Ma.)

Product no.: 11799