macrofossil


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mac·ro·fos·sil

 (măk′rō-fŏs′əl)
n.
A fossil large enough to be examined without a microscope.

macrofossil

(ˈmækrəʊˌfɒsəl)
n
(Palaeontology) a fossil visible to the naked eye
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Pollen and plant macrofossil vegetation record recovered from Hinds Cave, Val Verde County, Texas.
Prehistoric evidence for the use of Chenopodium (goosefoot) from the Hueco Bolson of west Texas
Recent recession of high-mountain glacier ice and perennial snow and ice patches has exposed megafossil and macrofossil tree remnants and peat, offering a new source of Holocene high alpine vegetation history in the Scandes.
New aspects of high-mountain palaeobiogeography: a synthesis of data from forefields of receding glaciers and ice patches in the Tarna and Kebnekaise Mountains, Swedish Lapland
Turtle bones are the most dominant elements in the macrofossil assemblage of Lano.
Late Cretaceous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update
Samples for pollen and plant macrofossil analyses were collected by Ulle Sillasoo in May 1994.
Evidence of pollen and plant macroremains from the sediments of suburban area of medieval Tartu/Oietolmu ja taimsete makrojaanuste vordlev analuus keskaegse Tartu eeslinna alalt
A more precise answer to this question could be obtained from macrofossil analysis, because macroremains of Picea can sometimes be found 1000-2000 years earlier than revealed in pollen record (Kullmann 1995).
Palynostratigraphy of Holocene lake sediments on the Otepaa Heights, southern Estonia/Otepaa korgustiku Holotseeni jarvesetete palunostratigraafia
These remains were found in stream gravels and no associated macrofossil remains or microfossil-rich sediments were found from which paleoecological inferences might be derived.
Recent discoveries of fossil vertebrates in the lower Peninsula of Michigan
Based on the large macrofossil collections from the Pennsylvanian Sydney Coalfield, Nova Scotia, Canada, it is possible to present an overall view of the diverse foliar nature of this remarkable medullosalean tree.
Foliar forms of Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri (Pennsylvanian, Sydney Coalfield, Nova Scotia, Canada)
This is supported by the stratigraphic and macrofossil data presented by Swinehart & Parker (2000).
The potential role of lake basin morphometry in the formation and development of peatlands in Indiana
Although long pollen and macrofossil records have allowed the reconstruction of vegetation development during the Holocene (Ritchie 1987), there is a lack of information on the ecological context of past tree growth.
Reconstruction of millennial forest dynamics from tree remains in a subarctic tree line peatland
Wilson and Majewske (1960) concluded that insufficient macrofossil material (largely brachiopods and trilobites) existed to date the subsurface Fusselman any better than it possibly being Early Silurian in age (Fig.
Revision of ages of the Fusselman, Wristen, and Thirtyone Formations (Late Ordovician-Early Devonian) in the subsurface of West Texas based on conodonts and graptolites
Macrofossil, pollen, and zoological analyses of latrines have been conducted e.
The 18th century sea fortress of Ruotsinsalmi, Kotkansaari in Finland: Archaeobotanical data of a log latrine
Effects of sample mass and macrofossil type on radiocarbon dating of Arctic and boreal lake sediments.
Dating and digging stratified archaeology in circumpolar North America: a view from Nunalleq, Southwestern Alaska
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