Scale microfossils
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Informal group: | †Apatitic scale microfossils |
Apatitic scale microfossils are a group of reticulate phosphatic plates found in the Noeproterozoic (810 million years ago) strata of the Fifteenmile Group, Yukon, Canada. They represent some of the earliest examples of biologically-induced biomineralization, uysing the mineral hydroxyapatite.Attention: This template ({{ref doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1126/sciadv.1700095
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