Tritaxia pyramidata Reuss, 1845
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Order: FORAMINIFERIDA Eichwald, 1830
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TEXTULARIINA; TROCHAMMINACEA; VERNEUILINIDAE
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xThe specimens
illustrated below are selected from bulk-samples taken at two levels in
the Late Albian at Folkestone. Images have been produced using a Nikon
990 CookPix digital camera attached to a Meiji trinocular microscope and
processed using PaintshopPro Version 5.
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xxxxGenus:
Tritaxia REUSS, 1860
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Tritaxia pyramidata Reuss, 1845
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Bed XI - C. auritus Subzone
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Bed X - H. varicosum Subzone
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Tritaxia tricarinata Reuss, 1862 - Bed X Hysteroceras
varicosum Subzone
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| References: |
| Chapman, F; 1891-1898. The Foraminifera of the Gault of Folkestone; Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society |
| Brasier M.D.; 1980. Microfossils; London George Allen & Unwin |
| 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. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press |