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Bitter Springs

Tourist attractions

Bitter Springs Rd, Mataranka, NT 852
+61 8 8999 4555

Description

Bitter Springs Group is a Precambrian fossil locality in Australia, which preserves microorganisms in silica. Its preservational mode ceased in the late Precambrian with the advent of silicifying organisms.Preserved fossils include cyanobacteria microfossils.

This locality also has been claimed to contain eukaryotic green algae preservation, though this interpretation is debated.

Details

Attractions: Discovery centres

Location

Bitter Springs Rd, Mataranka, NT 852

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Bitter Springs

Bitter Springs - Localista

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