NPP

Non-Pollen Palynomorph Image Database

NPP

...“extra fossils“ in pollen slides

UG-1243

NPP type

Taxonomical Group

Pteridophyta

Type description

Gelorini et al 2011: Spores bean-shaped, yellow to brown, 42–55×28–38 μm, smooth, covered with perisporium developed into fairly high and coarse, subhyaline ridges. These ridges anastomose or not, bear small echinae (spines) on top and columella-like structures underneath.

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.

cf. Aspleniumsp.

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