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Cainozoic lacustrine stromatolites from hominid-bearing sediments East of Lake Rudolf, Kenya

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A new occurrence of algal stromatolites from Plio-Pleistocene lacustrine littoral sediments in the Eastern Rift, Kenya is described. These biolithites provide criteria for the interpretation of the environment of deposition of many of the hominids so far collected in the East Rudolf area.

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Johnson, G. Cainozoic lacustrine stromatolites from hominid-bearing sediments East of Lake Rudolf, Kenya. Nature 247, 520–523 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247520a0

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