NPP

Non-Pollen Palynomorph Image Database

NPP

...“extra fossils“ in pollen slides

MM-308

NPP type

Taxonomical Group

Algae

Type description

Ovoid, 20-25 μm, lorica (outer shell) from a euglenid flagellate, colorless and smooth or vaguely ornamented (pores, punctae, spines, warts or ridges), with a sharply defined neck or collar surrounding an apical pore: Enevold et al 2019

Records

Unknown

First publication

Enevold R, Rasmussen P, Løvschal M, Olsen J, Odgaard BV (2019) Circumstantial evidence of non-pollen palynomorph palaeoecology: a 5,500 year NPP record from forest hollow sediments compared to pollen and macrofossil inferred palaeoenvironments. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 28:105-121

cf. Trachelomona/Mallomonas

affiliation