NPP

Non-Pollen Palynomorph Image Database

NPP

...“extra fossils“ in pollen slides

UG-1231

NPP type

Taxonomical Group

Algae

Type description

Gelorini et al 2011: Colonies (cells are arranged in a three-dimensional structure) yellow-brown to brown with irregularly sculpted surface, composed of sub-colonies (25–50 μm) connected by very short and thin undulating strings; cells (2 μm) obovoid, usually radially stacked up to a layer of larger (9 μm) and modified peripheral cells. Peripheral cells slightly distant one from another.

Records

First publication

Gelorini V, Verbeken A, van Geel B, Cocqyt C, Vershuren D (2011) Modern non-pollen palynomorphs from East African lake sediments. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 164:143-173.

Botryococcuscf.neglectus

affiliation