So, I'm a bit conflicted. Part of me wants to call my specimen microfossils, yet another calls them macrofossils.
Some definitions state the boundary as "being able to see the fossil with the naked eye", other state it as "being able to see the details of the fossil with the naked eye", and yet others state it as "being able to see the fossil with the naked eye or low-powered microscopes".
On this forum the prefix "micro" is thrown - for want of a better word - around a lot, even when it disobeys official definitions (which are still incredibly ambiguous!). What do you guys think is the range typically associated with microfossils, and what do we use here?
When will the world of palaeontology adopt consistent measurements and definitions across parties!?
ps: yes that was a subtle dig at the inch / yard measurements at the end there!