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What is the oldest fossil?

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Found in Shark Bay in Western Australia, there are stumps of algae (technically know as stromatolites) that have been tested to be roughly 3.5 billion years old.

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Two species from Coseley, England, Eocteniza silvicolaand Protocteniza britannica, both come from about 310 million years ago.

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