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{| class = "wikitable"
 
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! This class of compound …
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! This class of compound … || May indicate an origin of …
! May indicate an origin of …
   
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| C<sub>27</sub> steranes
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| C<sub>27</sub> steranes || Marine organisms (minor amounts occur in nonmarine organisms)
| Marine organisms (minor amounts occur in nonmarine organisms)
   
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| C<sub>29</sub> steranes
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| C<sub>29</sub> steranes || Marine or nonmarine organic matter
| Marine or nonmarine organic matter
   
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|-
| C<sub>30</sub> steranes
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| C<sub>30</sub> steranes || Marine or lacustrine organisms
| Marine or lacustrine organisms
   
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| Diasteranes
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| Diasteranes || Clastic environment
| Clastic environment
   
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| Hopanes
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| Hopanes || Bacteria
| Bacteria
   
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|-
| Gammacerane
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| Gammacerane || Abnormal salinites
| Abnormal salinites
   
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|-
| Oleanane
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| Oleanane || Late Cretaceous or Tertiary terrestrial flowering plants
| Late Cretaceous or Tertiary terrestrial flowering plants
   
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|-
| Bicadinanes
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| Bicadinanes || Tertiary terrestrial plants
| Tertiary terrestrial plants
   
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| C<sub>z</sub> and C<sub>x</sub> triterpanes
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| C<sub>z</sub> and C<sub>x</sub> triterpanes || Terrestrial organic matter or environment
| Terrestrial organic matter or environment
   
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| 28,30-bisnorhopane
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| 28,30-bisnorhopane || Microbes
| Microbes
   
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| Tricyclic terpanes
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| Tricyclic terpanes || Bacteria or ''Tasmanites''
| Bacteria or ''Tasmanites''
   
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| Diterpanes
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| Diterpanes || Terrestrial resins or microbes
| Terrestrial resins or microbes
   
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| Sesquiterpanes
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| Sesquiterpanes || Terrestrial plant resins
| Terrestrial plant resins
   
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| Carotanes
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| Carotanes || Anoxic marine or lacustrine environment
| Anoxic marine or lacustrine environment
   
|}
 
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