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Gunflintia
Topic Started: Feb 26 2014, 04:56 AM (111 Views)
ObsessedwithBirds
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Gunflintia
Temporal range: Proterozoic–recent[1]
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Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Genus: Gunflintia


Gunflintia is an extant genus of cyanobacteria known to exist in Canada and Australia. It is about five micrometres wide, and is known for being one of the first oxygen-producing cyanobacteria, which helped raise oxygen levels in the atmosphere, making Earth more habitable for other oxygen-using organisms. It is also one of the most common fossils in the Gunflint chert.[2]
[1] Palmer, Douglas et al. (2009). Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth (first American ed.). New York City: DK Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 978075665573
[2] Palmer, Douglas et al. (2009). Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth (first American ed.). New York City: DK Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 978075665573
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It's amazing how much this genus of Cyanobacteria has contributed to our planet and continues to live on to tell the tale.

If it hadn't been for the help of these little guys, we wouldn't have made it this far or exist at all! Years of work, but these bacteria are definitely some of Earth's most incredible; yet, peculiar living creatures.
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I know. It's amazing, they've survived five mass extinctions.
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