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    The Paleoproterozoic Era (also spelled Palaeoproterozoic) is the first of the three sub-divisions (eras) of the Proterozoic eon, and also the longest era...
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    incorporated among the Archaea. Eukaryotes first emerged during the Paleoproterozoic, likely as flagellated cells. The leading evolutionary theory is they...
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    subdivided into three geologic eras (from oldest to youngest): the Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic. It covers the time from the appearance...
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    as the Vredefort Dome. The impact structure was formed during the Paleoproterozoic Era, 2.023 billion (± 4 million) years ago. It is the second-oldest...
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    oxygen in the atmosphere, leading to the Great Oxidation Event in the Paleoproterozoic era. The earliest evidence of microbial oxidation of sulphur, dating...
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  • Huronian glaciation (category Paleoproterozoic geology)
    2 billion years ago (Gya), during the Siderian and Rhyacian periods of the Paleoproterozoic era. Evidence for glaciation is mainly based on the recognition of...
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    of the oldest. The crater was formed 1.849 billion years ago in the Paleoproterozoic era. The basin is located on the Canadian Shield in the city of Greater...
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  • is divided into three eras: the Neoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic and Paleoproterozoic. Neoproterozoic: The youngest geologic era of the Proterozoic Eon,...
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  • "Anatomy of impactites and shocked zircon grains from Dhala reveals Paleoproterozoic meteorite impact in the Archean basement rocks of Central India". Gondwana...
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    Diskagma (category Paleoproterozoic)
    Diskagma ("disc-like fragment") is a genus of problematic fossil from a Paleoproterozoic (2200 million years old) paleosol from South Africa, and significant...
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