NPP

Non-Pollen Palynomorph Image Database

NPP

...“extra fossils“ in pollen slides

HdV-60

NPP type

Taxonomical Group

Algae

Type description

Van Geel 1978: Elongated microfossils with indented ends, 51-65 X 25-28 μm. Protuberances of about 0.3 μm in diameter and about 1 μm apart, evenly distributed over the hyaline surface.

Van Geel et al. 1981: Zygospores (39-)42-63 X (17-)26-34(-43) μm with intended ends up to 14 μm long. Often a longitudinal furrow visible (Plate II, 60.b).

Records

First publication

van Geel B (1978) A palaeoecological study of Holocene peat bog sections in Germany and the Netherlands, based on the analysis of pollen, spores and macro- and microscopic remains of fungi, algae cormophytes and anymals. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 25:1-120.

Desmidiaceae /Closterium idiosporum-type

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