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Assemblages of fossilized microorganisms from the Paleoproterozoic Suisarian Formation (Ludicovian stratotype of the Karelian Complex) of central Karelia are recognized and investigated. Fossil assemblages of microorganisms confined to different zones of pillow lavas are compared.
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Astafieva, M.M., Chistyakov, A.A., Bogina, M.M. et al. Early proterozoic pillow lavas of Suisari as habitats of the earliest microorganisms. Paleontol. J. 47, 1110–1115 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030113100055
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