Introducing ‘Batiacasphaera obohikuenobeae’: A species named to honor S&T professor
Posted by Kimber Crull
Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe examines Batiacasphaera obohikuenobeae. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T.
In recognition of her work in marine palynology, researchers discovered and named an ancient microscopic fossil species from the Arctic Ocean after Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, a professor of earth sciences and engineering.
Paleontology is the study of ancient life, primarily through fossils, but Oboh-Ikuenobe studies its sub-discipline, palynology, which focuses on tiny organic-walled microfossils like pollen, spores and dinoflagellate cysts.
Posted by Kimber Crull
