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Stromatolites built by the coccoid cyanophyte Entophysalis major in Shark Bay, W. Australia undergo seasonal lithification by carbonate precipitation within the polysaccharide envelopes of the organism. Mineral incorporation obliterates the biological structures. The lithified stromatolite surface is then colonized by destructive, carbonate penetrating microbial endoliths. Stromatolite growth resumes when Entophysalis recolonizes the surface. Entophysalis stromatolites serve as a direct interpretational model for domal stromatolites built by Eoentophysatis (a silicified microfossil) in Precambrian strata. Eoentophysalis stromatolites occurred worldwide over a period of 1 Ga in the Precambrian (1.9–0.9 Ga). Entophysalis may be its direct descendant.
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Golubic, S. (1983). Stromatolites, Fossil and Recent: A Case History. In: Westbroek, P., de Jong, E.W. (eds) Biomineralization and Biological Metal Accumulation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7944-4_30
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