stromatolite

Significat (Anglès)

A laminated, columnar, rock-like structure constituting a large share of all fossils from 3.5 to 0.5 billion years ago, with some still being formed at present, some or all of which result from the deposit of minerals by microorganisms such as cyanobacteria.

Conceptes

estromatòlit

Sinònims

stromatolith

lamination

overlay

stack

callenia

Traduccions

estromatolito

estromatólito

stromatolite

stromatoliti

stromatoliet

Stromatolith

stromatolitler

stromatolithe

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Ancient Greek στρώματα (strṓmata) (plural of στρῶμα (strôma, “layer”)) + λίθος (líthos, “stone, rock”).