''Jurusania'' is a genus of fossil
stromatolite-forming
cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria (), also known as Cyanophyta, are a phylum of gram-negative bacteria that obtain energy via photosynthesis. The name ''cyanobacteria'' refers to their color (), which similarly forms the basis of cyanobacteria's common name, blu ...
from the late
Riphean to
Vendian
The Ediacaran Period ( ) is a geological period that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period 635 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Cambrian Period 538.8 Mya. It marks the end of the Proterozoic Eon, and the ...
stages of the
Neoproterozoic era.
See also
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List of fossil stromatolites
References
Proterozoic life
Prehistoric bacteria
Cyanobacteria genera
Fossil taxa described in 1963
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