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  • noun Plural form of acritarch.

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  • The scientists found that diverse assemblages of microscopic organic-walled fossils called acritarchs, which dominate the fossil record of this time, are present in lower rocks of the Chuar Group, but are absent from higher strata.

    NASA Earth Observatory 2009

  • The "acritarchs" found by Javaux et al. may be eukaryotes, but there's some doubt.

    RichardDawkins.net : The Latest Updates Jerry Coyne - Why Evolution is True 2010

  • Lower Devonian spores and reworked acritarchs from the Witney Borehole, southern England, and their geological implications.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Organic-walled microfossils of large size (50 micrometres or more) and of uncertain biological affinities are known as acritarchs.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Roger Buick 2010

  • Lower Devonian spores and reworked acritarchs from the Witney Borehole, southern England, and their geological implications.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Lower Devonian spores and reworked acritarchs from the Witney Borehole, southern England, and their geological implications.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Lower Devonian spores and reworked acritarchs from the Witney Borehole, southern England, and their geological implications.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Lower Devonian spores and reworked acritarchs from the Witney Borehole, southern England, and their geological implications.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

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