stromatolite

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

stromatoliti

sinonimi

stromatolith

lamination

overlay

stack

callenia

Traduzioni

estromatolito

estromatólito

stromatolithe

stromatolite

stromatoliet

estromatòlit

stromatolitler

Stromatolith

Etimologia (Inglese)

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