前寒武纪微古植物的研究工作已日益引起世界各国地质学家和古生物学家的重视,在生物学界甚至也引起了相当大的兴趣。当前,此门学科的研究工作主要沿着两个方向进行:其一是从生物地层学的角度研究其在地层中的分布规律,作为前寒武纪地层划分、对比的手段。从目前已知的资料看来,此种方法对沉积年龄为20亿年以后的地层较为有效;其二是根据在这些古老岩石中发现的微古植物分子,探寻其与现代生物(主要是菌、藻植物)的亲缘关系,并进而据以研究生物的发生和演化过程。目前在这方面也取得了一定的 Precambrian micro-paleoecology research has increasingly attracted the attention of geologists and paleontologists from all over the world, and even has drawn considerable interest in the field of biology. At present, the research work of this discipline is mainly carried out in two directions: one is to study its distribution in the strata from the perspective of biostratigraphy as a method for the division and contrast of Precambrian strata. According to the information known to date, this method is more effective for the sedimentary age of 2 billion years later; the second is based on the discovery of these ancient rocks in the ancient plant molecules to explore its relationship with modern organisms (mainly bacteria , Algae plants), and then to study the occurrence and evolution of organisms. At present, this area has also made some progress