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Extinct genus of bacteria

Ozarkcollenia
Temporal range: 1500 Ma Pha. Proterozoic Archean Had. ↓
Ozarkcollenia laminata
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Order: Kanithosia
(unranked): Stromatolithina
Genus: †Ozarkcollenia
Binomial name
†Ozarkcollenia laminata

Ozarkcollenia is an extinct genus of stromatolite-making cyanobacteria from Missouri, United States. It was related to Collenia. Ozarkcollenia may have formed in a lake of volcanic origin. The fossils of Ozarkcollenia laminata have been dated to the Proterozoic eon, about 1.5 billion years ago. It occurs in parts of Missouri's Ozark Mountains.

References

  1. Rich, Thomas H. V.; Fenton, Carroll Lane; Fenton, Mildred Adams; Rich, Pat Vickers (1996). The fossil book: a record of prehistoric life. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-29371-4.
  2. Stinchcomb, Bruce L. (November 1997). "Missouri Fossils". Rocks & Minerals. 72 (6): 393–399. doi:10.1080/00357529709605072. ISSN 0035-7529.
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