English Dictionary

cryptospore

名詞

A sporelike organic-walled microfossil (palynomorph) that most typically occurs in tightly adherent tetrads or dyads, which is considered to be derived from early land plants (embryophyte) or their immediate algal (streptophyte) ancestors.

日本語の意味

初期の陸上植物またはその直系の藻類祖先に由来すると考えられる、有機質の壁を持った胞子様の微小化石。通常、密着した四分体または二分体の形態で見られる。

The discovery of a cryptospore assemblage in the Ordovician shale provided compelling evidence of early land plants.

オルドビス紀の頁岩で有機壁を持つ胞子状微化石の群集が発見され、陸上植物の初期存在を示す有力な証拠となった。

意味（1）

A sporelike organic-walled microfossil (palynomorph) that most typically occurs in tightly adherent tetrads or dyads, which is considered to be derived from early land plants (embryophyte) or their immediate algal (streptophyte) ancestors.

cryptospores （ plural ）