How to Use stromatolite in a Sentence

stromatolite

noun
  • The researchers also found signs of stromatolites living near the hot springs.
    — Fox News, 11 May 2017
  • Made of sand or minerals, stromatolites can reach five metres tall.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
  • In an ideal world, the outline of an ancient stromatolite would pop out in vivid contrast to a background of rock.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 Oct. 2018
  • This formed features that resemble stromatolites, but only when viewed head on.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2019
  • Stromatolites are another type of formation that are prime real estate for extant life.
    — National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016
  • The bottom of the channel was bright purple and made of stromatolite-building microbial mats that thrive in the complete absence of oxygen.
    — Brendan Paul Burns, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Their complexity suggests that life was in existence long before these first stromatolite fossils grew.
    — Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Furlan Marri For the first time, Furlan Marri has used stromatolite to create a unique timepiece.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Miller said this is a good place to see a sample of a stromatolite, a layered limestone structure made of sediment and fossilized cyanobacteria that lived in shallow oceans.
    — Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2020
  • They are called stromatolites, a microbial mat formed in shallow water by trapping and binding sedimentary grain by biofilms.
    — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2018
  • But even with samples from our home planet, not all scientists are convinced that these ancient structures are fossils, since stromatolites can form without the assistance of microbial mats.
    — National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016
  • Researchers have found stromatolites, microbial mats, chemical signatures indicative of life and more.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
  • People standing and walking on stromatolites, ancient life forms of great scientific significance.
    — Lauren Sloss, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The controversy concerns stromatolites, which are ancient ruins of microbial activity preserved in rock.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 Oct. 2018
  • Stromatolites today are often found in saltwater environments, which is why scientists have for decades assumed that the Dresser Formation was once an ocean shoreline.
    — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 11 May 2017
  • At the time, most researchers thought the key to figuring out whether a stromatolite-like pattern had been shaped by primitive microbes or geologic forces was to scrutinize a sample micrometer by micrometer.
    — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Consider the case of extremely old stromatolites, layered underwater mounds created by cyanobacteria.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Microbial stromatolites represent the earliest geological record of life on Earth, which dominated the planet for almost 3 billion years. Stromatolites, in general, refer to a range of microbial communities that are associated with layers of rock.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

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