Showing posts with label metamorphic. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Eozoon canadense Pseudofossil
Originally this fossil was identified in 1864 or 1865 by John William Dawson as a Precambrian foraminifera. As it turns out it was metamorphosed bands of calcite and serpentine thus a pseudofossil. Specimen can be seen at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy.
Image was taken in June 2014.
Learn more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eozoon_canadense
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