From the awesome January issue.
Bryozoan-rich stromatolites (bryostromatolites) from the Silurian of Gotland and their relation to climate-related perturbations of the global carbon cycle

The 1st time these are described from the Silurian of Gotland.

https://t.co/vRX1wYh7a2

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The first thing that came to mind for the "ancient" prompt were which are formations created by and evidence of the first life on Earth. This is a stylized rendition of a cross section of one of these deposits

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