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- noun paleontology An organic
microfossil : a particle of 5-500 micrometers in diameter, found in sedimentary deposits and composed of organic material.
Etymologies
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palyno- + -morph
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Phimopollenites pannosus palynomorph Zone sequence and have been suggested as latest Albian in age
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This was based on the extensive formation spanning two palynomorph zones; the lower section occurring in the upper
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chained_bear commented on the word palynomorph
In paleontology, "A microscopic fossil found in a palynological sample, such as a pollen grain or spore, a protist, or a fragment of a larger organism." (OED)
September 9, 2008