Order: FORAMINIFERIDA Eichwald, 1830
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TEXTULARIINA; TROCHAMMINACEA; VERNEUILINIDAE |
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The 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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Genus: Tritaxia REUSS, 1860 |
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Tritaxia pyramidata Reuss, 1845 |
Tritaxia tricarinata Reuss, 1862 |
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Bed XI - C. auritus Subzone |
Bed X - H. varicosum Subzone |
Bed X Hysteroceras varicosum Subzone |
References: |
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Chapman, F; 1891-1898. The Foraminifera of the Gault of Folkestone; Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society |
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Brasier M.D.; 1980. Microfossils; London George Allen & Unwin |
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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 |
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Loeblich, A.R. & Tappan, H.; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology; Sarcodina; Protista 2. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press |
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