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Chrysophyte algae produce a siliceous stage in their life cycle, through either asexual or sexual reproduction, known as a cyst. Cysts form in response to shifts in environmental conditions, population density, or predation pressure, and upon germination provide a seed source for future populations. Cysts are morphologically distinct for each species, and since their remains become part of the sediment or fossil record cysts are valuable tools in ecological and paleolimnological investigations. However, their value as biological indicators is limited because the vast majority of cyst morphotypes have not been linked to specific vegetative species. In the current work, an exquisitely preserved and morphologically complex cyst type is described from a 48 million year old early Eocene fossil site. This finding is remarkable since many of the cysts were still associated with components of the living vegetative cells that produced them, enabling the morphotype to be immediately linked to the synurophyte,  Mallomonas ampla . Fusion of identifiable components of the living cell post cyst formation is unknown in modern investigations. The identification of the cyst structure for  M .  ampla  could be valuable in determining cyst morphotypes for other species in the lineage.

Remarkably preserved cysts of the extinct synurophyte, Mallomonas ampla, uncovered from a 48 Ma freshwater Eocene lake