Palynology
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Palynology is the study of microorganisms and microscopic fragments of macroorganisms that are composed of acid-resistant organic material and occur in sediments, sedimentary rocks, and even some meta
Pollen and spore grains seen under differen research-grade microscopes, including confocal microscopy.
Pollen core sampling, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Pine pollen under a modern simple light microscope
Tyrannosaurus Rex Holotype
Chitinozoan
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Chitinozoa are a group of flask-shaped, organic walled marine microfossils produced by an as yet unknown organism. Common from the Ordovician to Devonian periods, the millimetre-scale organisms are ab
Palynology
…It is the science that studies contemporary and fossil palynomorphs (paleopalynology), including pollen, spores, orbicules, dinocysts, acritarchs, chitinozoans and scolecodonts, together with particulate organic matter (POM) and kerogen found in sedimentary rocks and sediments. Palynology does not include…
Whole chitinozoan cropped
Chitinozoa may have been immature graptolites.
Chitinozoa might represent gastropod egg sacs.
Silurian fossil coral from Gotland