Comment on “The Volyn biota (Ukraine) – indications of 1.5&thinsp;Gyr old eukaryotes in 3D preservation, a spotlight on the `boring billion'&thinsp;” by Franz et al. (2023)

Head, Martin J.; Riding, James B.; O'Keefe, Jennifer M. K.; Jeiter, Julius; Gravendyck, Julia

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Comment on “The Volyn biota (Ukraine) – indications of 1.5 Gyr old eukaryotes in 3D preservation, a spotlight on the `boring billion' ” by Franz et al. (2023)

Martin J. Head, James B. Riding, Jennifer M. K. O'Keefe, Julius Jeiter, and Julia Gravendyck

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