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Origin of Messel Oil Shale kerogen
(Dec 1988)..presence of cell-wall remains of Tetraedron-like microalgae virtually indistinguishable from those of the widely occurring extant Tetraedron minimum (Chlorococcales). Flash-pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy indicated presence of highly aliphatic biopolymer in both fossil & extant Tetraedron species. The bulk of Messel Oil Shale kerogen probably consists of preserved cell-wall material of Tetraedron algae, made up of this newly discovered biopolymer - Read More
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