• DOI:10.1130/G31833.1
Corpus ID: 32229787

Phosphate biomineralization in mid-Neoproterozoic protists

@article{Cohen2011PhosphateBI,
  title={Phosphate biomineralization in mid-Neoproterozoic protists},
  author={Phoebe A. Cohen and J. Schopf and N. Butterfield and A. Kudryavtsev and F. Macdonald},
  journal={Geology},
  year={2011},
  volume={39},
  pages={539-542}
}

• Phoebe A. Cohen, J. Schopf, +2 authors F. Macdonald
• Published 2011
• Geology
• Geology

The origin and expansion of biomineralization in eukaryotes played a critical role in Earth history, linking biological and geochemical processes. However, the onset of this phenomenon is poorly constrained due to a limited early fossil record of biomineralization. Although macroscopic evidence for biomineralization is not known until the late Ediacaran, we here report biologically controlled phosphatic biomineralization of scale microfossils from mid-Neoproterozoic (pre-Sturtian) strata of… Expand