Login

Join for Free!
18522 members
Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work
table of contents table of contents

Biology Articles » Paleobiology » Micropaleobiology » Decastronema kotori gen. nov., comb. nov.: a mat-forming cyanobacterium on Cretaceous carbonate platforms » Conclusion

Conclusion
- Decastronema kotori gen. nov., comb. nov.: a mat-forming cyanobacterium on Cretaceous carbonate platforms

Microorganisms on carbonate platforms have been subjected to significant long and short-term changes in environment. Prokaryotes such as cyanobacteria have responded by adaptations to environmental instabilities and have re-occupied their niches after catastrophic changes, including periods of major extinctions. Their record as fossils continues unbroken although it is accompanied by changes in the composition of successful but short-lived narrowly specialized eukaryotic microbiota, e.g. coccolithophorids, foraminifera and calcareous algae. We expect, therefore, that Decastronema-type fossils will eventually be found in peritidal settings throughout the Phanerozoic and perhaps earlier.

rating: 0.00 from 0 votes | updated on: 10 Mar 2008 | views: 783 |

share this article | email to friends

suggest a revision
print this page
print the whole article

Rate article:







excellent!bad…