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palynomorph
palynomorph
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Số nhiều: palynomorphs
This term is a highly specialized technical descriptor used almost exclusively within the fields of geology, paleontology, and palynology. It serves as a categorical umbrella for any organic-walled microfossil, meaning it encompasses a wide variety of biological remains including pollen, spores, and dinoflagellate cysts.
Because it refers to a specific type of physical specimen found in sedimentary layers, it is used in a descriptive, scientific register. It is rarely encountered outside of academic papers or laboratory reports concerning stratigraphic dating and paleoenvironmental reconstruction.
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