- A
microfossil is a
fossil that is
generally between 0.001 mm and 1 mm in size, the
visual study of
which requires the use of
light or
electron microscopy...
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studies microfossils, or
fossils that
require the use of a
microscope to see the organism, its
morphology and its
characteristic details.
Microfossils are...
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Apatitic scale microfossils are a
group of
reticulate phosphatic plates found in the
Neoproterozoic (810 million
years ago)
strata of the
Fifteenmile Group...
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Large ornamented Ediacaran microfossils are
microscopic acritarchs,
usually over 100 μm in diameter,
which are
common in
sediments of the
Ediacaran period...
- an
unusual type of diaspore, a tumbleweed.
Spores have been
found in
microfossils dating back to the mid-late
Ordovician period. Two
hypothesized initial...
- years. Most of
these Precambrian fossils are
microscopic bacteria or
microfossils. However,
macroscopic fossils are now
known from the late Proterozoic...
- In the more
delicate technique pioneered by Butterfield,
individual microfossils are
picked from
sieved acid
residues by hand. The
sieving stage removes...
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Alginite consists of organic-walled
marine microfossils,
distinct from
inorganic (silica)-walled
microfossils that
comprise diatomaceous earth. Alginite...
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Acritarchs are
organic microfossils,
known from
approximately 1800
million years ago to the present.[inconsistent] The
classification is a
catch all term...
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September 11, 2008. Martin, R.E. (1995). "Cyclic and
secular variation in
microfossil biomineralization:
clues to the
biogeochemical evolution of Phanerozoic...
