Taxa representedinclude foraminifera, silicoflagellates, calcareous nannofossils, acritarchs, diatoms, ostracodes, and prasinophycean algae.
Samples range in age from preCambrian to Recent and come from localities worldwide.
For more information on these collections, contact the microfossil collection manager . Type Specimens UCMP houses over 10,000 type and published specimens. The bulk of the collection is the result of research on biostratigraphy, taxonomy, and biology of protists and prokaryotes at U.C. Berkeley. In addition, the UCLA micropaleontological collections and the work of other outside researchers are represented. The microfosil type catalog may be searched on-line.