Doodle showing the diatom Plagiogramma Fossil Diatom Atlas
Photo of the diatom Amphipentas boryana
Amphipentas boryana (Pantocsek) De Toni (1894)
Comment: Medium-sized valve with overall good preservation (parts of the mantle are missing). Note the complex pattern of valve face undulations.
Locality: Bory, Levice District, Slovakia, The Natural History Museum slide BM 38557 (early Miocene).
Photographed using: Zeiss Axio.A1, Plan-APOCHROMAT 100×/1.4 Oil DIC + Zeiss AxioCam ICc 5. Stacked using Helicon Focus.
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