ISSN:
1550-7408
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Detailed data on bacterial and protistan microfossils are presented from a 0.003 mm3 piece of Triassic amber (Schlierseerit, Upper Triassic period, 220-230 million years old). This microcenosis, which actually existed as such within a very small, probably semiaquatic habitat, included the remains of about two bacteria species, four fungi (Palaeodikaryomyces baueri, Pithomyces-like conidia, capillitium-like hyphae, yeast cells) two euglenoids, two chlamydomonas (Chlamydomonas sp., Chloromonas sp.), two coccal green microalgae (Chlorella sp., Choricystis-like cells), one zooflagellate, three testate amoebae (Centropyxis aculeata var. oblonga-like, Cyclopyxis eurystoma-like, Hyalosphenia baueri n. sp.), seven ciliates (Pseudoplaryophrya nana-like, Mykophagophrys terricola-like, Cyrtolophosis mucicola-like, Paracondylostoma sp., Bryometopus triquetrus-like. Tetrahymena rostrata-like, Paramecium triassicum n. sp.) the microfossils correspond to or diverge from extant species only slightly.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb05133.x
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