TEXTULARIINA; AMMODISCISCACEA; AMMODISCIDAE

The specimen illustrated below was selected from a bulk-sample taken from Upper Bed VII ( Anahoplites daviesi Subzone) 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.

Ammodiscus incertus (d'Orbigny, 1839)

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.; 1964. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology; Sarcodina; Protista 2. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press

Tracey, S. 1997; unpublished listing of Gault Foraminiferida