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English: Stromatolites, that is pre-cambrian petrified biofilm about one billion years old in the Siyeh rock formation of Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.
Original caption: Close-up of PreCambrian stromatolites in Siyeh Formation, Going to the Sun Highway. Glacier National Park
Français : Les stromatolites sont des accumulations fossiles de biofilms algo-bactériens datant de l'époque pré-cambrienne, ici pétrifiés sur un milliard d'années dans la formation rocheuse Siyeh de Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.
Español: Los estromatolitos son acumulaciones fósiles algo-bacterianas de la época precámbrica, petrificadas y con una antigüedad de más de mil millones de años, que se sitúan en la formación rocosa Mount Siyeh del Parque nacional de los Glaciares, en Montana, USA.
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Source National Park Service - http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/cfprojects/photodb/Photo_Detail.cfm?PhotoID=204
Author P. Carrara, NPS
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Stromatolites left behind by cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae. They are the oldest known fossils of life on Earth. This one-billion-year-old fossil is from Glacier National Park, Montana, United States.

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