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International Journal on Algae

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ISSN Print: 1521-9429

ISSN Online: 1940-4328

SJR: 0.168 SNIP: 0.377 CiteScore™:: 0.6 H-Index: 11

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The modes of fossilization of Oscillatoriales (Cyanophyta): influence of the type of preservation on the microfossil diversity

Volume 2, Issue 1, 2000, pp. 113-124
DOI: 10.1615/InterJAlgae.v2.i1.120
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ABSTRACT

The preservation of the basic morphological features of some filamentous Oscillatoriales (genus Phormidium) during four modes of artificial fossilization for mummification and formation of organic-walled microfossils was investigated. Posthumous variations of morphology of Oscillatoriales under various modes of fossilization - silification, phosphatization, carbonization, and formation of organic-walled microfossils (mummification) - are compared. The possibility of homologization of some morphological features of living Cyanophyta and microfossils with different modes of fossilization is demonstrated. Representation of main ecological groups of microorganisms and algae in fossil record is discussed.

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