Order: FORAMINIFERIDA Eichwald, 1830
 
LAGENINA; NODOSARIACEA; POLYMORPHINIDAE
The specimens illustrated below are selected from bulk-samples taken from two levels (in the Middle and 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.
Genus: Bullopora QUENSTEDT, 1856
Bullopora cervicornis (Chapman, 1892) - Bed VIII (ii) Dipoloceras cristatum Subzone
Bullopora cervicornis (Chapman, 1892) - Bed V Euhoplites lautus Zone
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
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