Large spheroidal unicells from 2.1–1.88 Ga stromatolitic cherts are found in the Vempalle Formation, India (revised age in Chakrabarti et al., 2014). They have also been suggested as putative eukaryotes (Schopf and Prasad, 1978).
Domal stromatolites from Vempalle Formation, Bramhanapalle area, Cuddapah Basin, India
The Vempalle Formation (~1.9 Ga) of Cuddapah basin in Peninsular India preserves a continuous thick succession of stromatolitic dolomite (~1.5 km) during the upper Palaeoproterozoic (Orosirian) time.
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Lakshanhatti stromatolite
stromatolites
Domal stromatolites from Vempalle Formation, Bramhanapalle area, Cuddapah Basin, India
(Read More: Domal stromatolites from Vempalle Formation)
Lakshanhatti stromatolite
stromatolites
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