Micropalaeontology tribolites gastropods

Micropalaeontology Introduction

1. Animals/plants remains
preserved in rocks-
Palaeontolgy

2. Ammonites
Trilobites
Brachiopods
Gastropods

3. Introduction to Micropalaeontology
Study of small fossils that can only be studied with a
microscope.
Forams Ostracods Conodonts

4. Pollens and spores
Chitinozoans

5. Coccoliths
Radiolarians

6. Dinoflagellates

7. Why study microfossils?
•They are abundant and diverse in all kinds of
sedimentary rocks
•They are excellent age indicators.
•Widely used to track palaeogeographic position of
ancient continents
•Widely used to interpret palaeo-depositional
environments
•Also used to determine thermal
maturation e.gconodonts
•Also used to in palaeoclimates