Order: FORAMINIFERIDA Eichwald, 1830
LAGENINA; NODOSARIACEA; POLYMORPHINIDAE
The specimen illustrated below is selected from a bulk-sample taken from Bed X in the Late Albian at Folkestone. The image has been produced using a Nikon 990 CookPix digital camera attached to a Meiji trinocular microscope and processed using PaintshopPro Version 5.
Genus: Ramulina JONES, in WRIGHT, 1875
Ramulina aculeata J. WRIGHT, 1886 - Bed X H. varicosum Subzone
References:
Chapman, F; 1891-1898. The Foraminifera of the Gault of Folkestone; Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society
Brasier M.D.; 1980. Microfossils
Hart, M. B.; 1972. A correlation of the macrofaunal and microfaunal zonations of the Gault Clay in southeast England; The Boreal Lower Cretaceous; Geological Journal Special Issue No. 5
Loeblich, A.R. & Tappan, H.; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology; Sarcodina; Protista 2