Macroalgae (IMAGE)

Michigan State University

Macroalgae

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MSU researcher Katie Maloney contributed samples of rare, exceptionally well-preserved seaweed fossils (e.g., macroscopic algae) from Yukon Territory, Canada. These fossils are almost one-billion years old and represent one of the first seaweeds known in the fossil record when most life still needs to viewed through a microscope. 

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Katie Maloney

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