NPP

Non-Pollen Palynomorph Image Database

NPP

...“extra fossils“ in pollen slides

UG-1233

NPP type

Taxonomical Group

Algae

Type description

Gelorini et al 2011: Coenobia (cells are arranged in a single layer) globose to ovoid, hyaline to pale yellow, 30–41×25–39 μm, covered by a hyaline envelope and built from 2, 4 or 8 cells that are globose to ellipsoid, each measuring up to 10 μm; neighbouring cells connected by 5–7 long, slender processes (up to 8 μm); intercellular spaces large.

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.

Coelastrum reticulatum

affiliation