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Fig. 20. Microphotograph of silicified fossils of primitive algal plants 

 from the Gunflint formation of Ontario, 1600 my old (x 325). Two 

 different types are seen, one forming globose colonies, the other forming 

 free, unbranched filaments (from Tyler and Barghoorn, 1954). 



