Republic of the Philippines

PARTIDO STATE UNIVERSITY

Compilation of Laboratory Outputs for

Micropaleontology

MICROPALEONTOLOGY

Kim N. Calvario
BS Geology 4A

MANICA AREVALO
Instructor
 Republic of the Philippines
PARTIDO STATE UNIVERSITY

Table of Content
Order of Microfossils/Fossils:

a. Acritarchs and Prasinophytes

-General Morphology
- Life Habits

b. Dinoflagellates and Ebridians

-General Morphology
- Life Habits

c. Chitinozoa
-General Morphology
- Life Habits

d. Scolecodonts
-General Morphology
- Life Habits

e. Calcareous nannoplankton: coccolithophores and discoasters

-General Morphology
- Life Habits

f. Foraminifera
* Illustrate and describe the cell structure of a foraminifer.
* Describe and draw the different test morphology (summary).
- major morphological variations:
a. wall composition and ultrastructures
b. chambers
c. aperture
d. accessory structures
e. ornamentation
* Draw the Fig. 6.9 Key to classification of Foraminifera.
* Draw tab. 6.1 Brief description of foraminiferal orders.

g. Radiozoa (Acantharia, Phaeodaria and Radiolaria) and Heliozoa

-General Morphology
- Life Habits

h. Diatoms
-General Morphology
- Life Habits

i. Ostracods
-General Morphology
- Life Habits