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Over hundreds of millions of years these tiny creatures have swarmed the ocean bestowing to the planet their exquisite dwellings, a smidgen of which was once fashioned into the Egyptian Pyramids
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Foraminifera form a considerable part of Earth biomass and are in the fossil record
since at least 542.000.000 B.C., but are mainly ignored by the public. With this non-commercial project we want to foster the interest in these precious and basal forms of life. Try the illustrated Taxonomy Guide Online 19th of March 2013: 6415 forams and new: Rügen, Germany, Maastrichtian |
Neoflabellina reticulata (Reuss, 1851)
Maastrichtian, Cretaceous Rügen, Germany |
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny, 1846
recent Ile de Porquerolles, France |
Elphidium limpidum Ho, Hu et Wang, 1965
recent Bohai Sea, China |
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