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Record 1 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

Cratonic shield areas such as the Canadian Shield, the African Shield, and the Scandinavian Shield, represent regions mostly barren of Phanerozoic, or fossil-bearing, sediment.

CONT

Re-examination of a fossiliferous sediment from St. Helena has revealed the presence in the late Miocene of pollen grains very similar to modern Trochetiopsis pollen.

Key term(s)
  • fossil bearing sediment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

En analysant les sédiments fossilifères proches du lieu de la découverte de Toumaï les scientifiques ont pu ainsi determiner qu'ils dataient entre 6.9 et 7.2 millions d'années en arrière.

Spanish

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