Earliest Life - Strelley Pool Stromatolite - 4.07" romanglass Please Note: As pictured

Please Note: As pictured

Each collection includes four fossils: Brachiopod

This two-strand

making it the largest terrestrial tetrapod on the European island continent

4 pounds and has a maximum circumference of 19 inches

Earliest Life - Strelley Pool Stromatolite - 4.07" romanglass Please Note: As picturedBillions of years ago, the first lifeforms on this planet were cyanobacteria living in shallow pools of water, taking in light and carbon dioxide and producing mucus and calcium carbonate. Each layer of the microbial mat built upon the last, forming an intricate laminate structure called stromatolites. This specimen is a fragment of Strelley Pool Stromatolite from the Dresser Formation in Western Australia, measuring 4. 07" in length along the longest