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Anderson and Misra1 have described new fossils from the Pre-Cambrian of Newfoundland and ascribe them to impressions of soft-bodied Metazoa, but they do not discuss why they consider the structures to be undoubtedly organic in origin, though the Pre-Cambrian age is beyond dispute. New Pre-Cambrian fossils are reported quite frequently, but only a few of them are accepted as organic. It may therefore be helpful to distinguish the criteria available for distinguishing between organic and inorganic Pre-Cambrian macro-structures (as distinct from microorganisms2).
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GOLDRING, R. Criteria for recognizing Pre-Cambrian Fossils. Nature 223, 1076 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231076a0
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