| Chuanlinggou Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: 1641.7 ± 1.2 Ma[1] | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Tuanshanzi Formation |
| Overlies | Changzhougou Formation |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
The Chuanlinggou Formation is a geologic formation in China. It preserves fossils dating back to the Statherian period of the Paleoproterozoic. It is the first formation to preserve definitive macroscopic eukaryotes, at 1.64 billion years old.[2][3]
- ^ Zhang, Shuan‐Hong; Kamo, Sandra L.; Ernst, Richard E.; Hu, Guo‐Hui; Zhang, Qi‐Qi; El Bilali, Hafida; Zhao, Yue (28 September 2024). "First High‐Precision U–Pb CA–ID–TIMS Age of the Chuanlinggou Formation, North China Craton: Implications for Global Correlations of Black Shales and the Statherian/Calymmian Boundary". Geophysical Research Letters. 51 (18). doi:10.1029/2024GL109457.
- ^ Liu, Jingqi; Zhang, Yang; Shi, Xiaoying; Chen, Anfeng; Tang, Dongjie; Yang, Tinglu (November 2023). "Macroscopic fossils from the Chuanlinggou Formation of North China: evidence for an earlier origin of multicellular algae in the late Palaeoproterozoic". Palaeontology. 66 (6). doi:10.1111/pala.12685.
- ^ Miao, Lanyun; Yin, Zongjun; Knoll, Andrew H.; Qu, Yuangao; Zhu, Maoyan (26 January 2024). "1.63-billion-year-old multicellular eukaryotes from the Chuanlinggou Formation in North China". Science Advances. 10 (4). doi:10.1126/sciadv.adk3208. PMC 10807817.