Dinocyst

Dinocysts or dinoflagellate cysts are typically 15 to 100 μm in diameter and produced by dinoflagellates as a dormant, zygotic stage of their lifecycle, which can accumulate in the sediments as microfossils.^[1] Organic-walled dinocysts are often resistant and made out of dinosporin. There are also calcareous dinoflagellate cysts and siliceous dinoflagellate cysts.

^ Kucera, M.; Schneider, R.; Weinelt, M. (10 April 2006). MARGO: Multiproxy Approach for the Reconstruction of the Glacial Ocean Surface. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-044702-5.

[1] Kucera, M.; Schneider, R.; Weinelt, M. (10 April 2006). MARGO: Multiproxy Approach for the Reconstruction of the Glacial Ocean Surface. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-044702-5.

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