Blue-Green Algae

Upper Cambrian Bonanza King Dolomite

Inyo County, California

Structures created by algae. The roughly oval to circular nodules were precipitated by an extinct variety of blue-breen algae called Girvanella; these are from the middle to Upper Cambrian Bonanza King Dolomite, Inyo County, California. Photograph is from a specific scientific publication.

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