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Dinoflagellate, acritarch, chitinozoa and spores and pollens are examples of organic-walled microfossils. Dinoflagellates are single-celled organisms, acritarchs and chitinozoa are of uncertain affinity, and spores and pollens are produced in the life cycles of different types of plants. The morphology of these microfossils is explained and their paleoenvironmental significance and geologic distributions are discussed. The organic-walled microfossils are well recognized for their applications in hydrocarbon exploration, including source-rock maturation.
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Saraswati, P.K., Srinivasan, M.S. (2016). Organic-Walled Microfossils. In: Micropaleontology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14574-7_9
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