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- Acritarchs are a group of organic-walled microfossils with unknown biological affinities. The wall ultrastructure of the unornamented, smooth Leiosphaeridia sp. and the acanthomorphic Gyalosphaeridium pulchrum from the Ediacaran Dey Dey Mudstone in the Officer Basin, South Australia, was studied by use of transmission and scanning electron microscopy, and transmitted light microscopy. The study of the ultrastructure reveals a complexity in the cell wall not seen in prokaryotes. Wall ultrastructures range from single-layered to three- or four-layered and from homogeneous to porous. Acritarchs with different wall ultrastructures may be different organisms, but may also reflect different stages in a life cycle. In this paper I review previous ultrastructure studies and discuss possible algal and metazoan affinities for the specimens studied herein.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geology (hsv//eng)
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- Historical geology and palaeontology
- Historisk geologi och paleontologi
- Historical Geology and Paleontology
- Historisk geologi och paleontologi
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