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    The Fig Tree Formation, also called Fig Tree Group, is a stromatolite-containing geological formation in South Africa. The rock contains fossils of microscopic...
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    Curtain Fig Tree is a heritage-listed tree at Curtain Fig Tree Road, Yungaburra, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the largest trees in...
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    Commons has media related to Chert. Photo & note re: Fig Tree Formation Microphotographs of Fig Tree fossils Schopf, J.W. (1999) Cradle of Life: The Discovery...
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  • the Fig Tree Formation in Africa. It is about 3 billion years old, one of the oldest known organisms. The discovery of Eobacterium and other Fig Tree organisms...
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    Archaeopteris is an extinct genus of progymnosperm tree with fern-like leaves. A useful index fossil, this tree is found in strata dating from the Upper Devonian...
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    found in southern Africa, Whitehill Formation, and eastern South America (Melo Formation, Uruguay and Irati Formation, Brazil), two widely separated regions...
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    declivis, is known from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation of the Damodar Valley and the Kamthi Formation of the Pranhita-Godavari Basin in India. Seven...
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    Complex Fig Tree Formation Komatii Formation Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Devonian...
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  • bacteria from the Paleoarchean. It is a coccoid cyanophyte from the Fig Tree Formation of South Africa which dates back to 3,000 million years ago. "Alga-Like...
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    Warrawoona Group (category Geologic formations of Australia)
    Origin of life Timetable of the Precambrian Geology of Australia Fig Tree Formation Skrzypczak, A.; Derenne, S.; Robert, F.; Binet, L.; Gourier, D.; Rouzard...
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    consensus on kimberlites is that they are formed deep within the mantle. Formation occurs at depths between 150 and 450 kilometres (93 and 280 mi), potentially...
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    Complex Fig Tree Formation Komatii Formation Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Devonian...
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    was discovered at the "Upper Drumbo Farm" locality in the upper Elliot Formation which is part of the Stormberg Group in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa...
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    Drakensberg Group (category Geologic formations of Lesotho)
    the supercontinent Gondwana are believed to have been the cause for the formation of the Drakensberg Group. Networks of hyperbyssal (shallow intrusives)...
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    animals has been found worldwide in some Late Triassic and Early Jurassic formations. The type species C. bauri, originally given to the genus Coelurus by...
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  • Complex Fig Tree Formation Komatii Formation Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Devonian...
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    surface. The Witwatersrand Basin is a largely underground geological formation which surfaces in the Witwatersrand. It holds the world's largest known...
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    based on numerous skull and postcranial fossils from the Upper Elliot Formation. It had a simpler tooth and jaw anatomy than later ornithischians, and...
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    Merensky Reef (category Geologic formations of Africa)
    the mixture and the formation of a nearly monomineralic layer on the magma chamber floor. The leading theory regarding the formation of the Merensky reef...
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    crystallisation of different minerals at different temperatures, resulted in the formation of a structure rather like a layered cake consisting of distinct rock...
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    valley floors while the erosion resistant sandstones (of the Peninsula Formation) form the parallel ranges, the Cape Fold Mountains, which reach a maximum...
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  • 12 and 16% of the current continental crust. Formation of Limpopo Belt. c. 3,100 Ma – Fig Tree Formation: second round of fossilizations including Archaeosphaeroides...
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    Normandien and Katberg Formations. It had not been until 1977 that additional fossils of Thrinaxodon had been discovered in the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica...
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    the Helderberg and Hottentots Holland mountains. The three main rock formations are the late-Precambrian Malmesbury group (sedimentary and metamorphic...
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    granting tree. In addition to the Panchvati trees described below, other sacred trees include species such as the Akshayavat (sacred fig tree), Banana...
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    include dates, figs and olives. Palm oil is obtained from the fruits of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). The fruits of the cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao)...
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    Sidney H. Haughton. They were collected from the Triassic Lower Elliot Formation, dating to the early Norian, on the north slope of the Thaba 'Nyama (Black...
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  • Complex Fig Tree Formation Komatii Formation Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Devonian...
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    Complex Fig Tree Formation Komatii Formation Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Devonian...
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  • period. The type species is Elliotherium kersteni, named after the Elliot Formation in which the fossils were found. Paleontology portal Sidor, C.A. & Hancox...
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