MICROFOSSILS

Laymen usually associate the term "fossils" with the fossilized remains of giant dinosaurs, ammonites and ichtyosaurs in the Franconian Jura and perhaps the many fossils from the Messel Pit. Such fossils are indeed very impressive, but they are also extremely rare. Microfossils are abundant, however, and they have remained well preserved over hundreds of millions of years. They can be easily isolated and they make it possible to reconstruct the ecosystem, which is an important prerequisite for the reconstruction of the palaeoclimate. Evolution can be comprehended in detail through examining the micro-fossils of successive layers.

We present microfossils from the Pleistocene (Tertiary) of Ogada to demonstrate their diversity, but this series of pictures does not by far show all the types of microfossils which can be found.

Microfossils from the Pleistocene (Tertiary) of Hurghada

Bryozoa,
colony
Bryozoa,
colony 		Bryozoa,
colony 		Bryozoa,
colony
Snail,
caecum
 Sea urchin,
skeletal element		 Coral,
skeletal element 		Ostracode
Polychaeta,
tube 		Snail Snail Snail
Snail
.		 Foraminifer Foraminifer Foraminifer
Foraminifer
.
 Foraminifer Foraminifer Foraminifer
Foraminifer
.
Foraminifer Bryozoa,
colony 		Snail

Series of microfossils from different places

Conodont
. 		Conodont Conodont Conodont
Dermal denticle
.
Dermal denticle
. 		Dermal denticle
. 		Dermal denticle
.
Dermal denticle
. 		Dermal denticle
. 		Ostracode
. 		Conodont
Scolecodont Sponge,
skeletal element 		Sponge,
skeletal element 		Sea urchin,
spine
Foraminifer Sea urchin,
rotula, 		Foraminifer Octocorallia,
skeletal element
Sponge,
skeletal element 		Mussel Patellidae Snail
Snail
. 		Bryozoa,
colony 		Foraminifer Foraminifer

Other microfossils are displayed on the pages foraminifers , diatoms and radiolarians.

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