Doodle showing the diatom Plagiogramma Fossil Diatom Atlas
Photo of the diatom Peponia barbadensis
Peponia barbadensis Greville (1863)
Comment: Small, well-preserved valve. Light microscope usually doesn't resolve whether the polar ocelli are preserved.
Locality: Deep Sea Drilling Project Hole 402A (Bay of Biscay, northeast Atlantic), sample: 48-402A-4R-2, 70-71 cm (middle Eocene).
Photographed using: Zeiss Axio.A1, Plan-APOCHROMAT 100×/1.4 Oil DIC + Zeiss AxioCam ICc 5. Stacked using Helicon Focus.
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