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Extinct genus of bacteria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ozarkcollenia is an extinct genus of stromatolite-making cyanobacteria from Missouri, United States. It was related to Collenia.[1] 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.[2]
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Order: | Kanithosia |
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Genus: | †Ozarkcollenia |
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†Ozarkcollenia laminata | |
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