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Order: FORAMINIFERIDA Eichwald, 1830
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LAGENINA; NODOSARIACEA; VAGINULINIDAE
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xThe specimens
illustrated below are selected from bulk-samples taken at various 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.
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Genus: Lenticulina LAMARCK, 1804
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Lenticulina rotulata (LAMARCK, 1804)- Lower Gault
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Lenticulina rotulata (LAMARCK, 1804) - Bed X
Hysteroceras varicosum Subzone
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(BERTHELIN, 1880) - Bed X Hysteroceras varicosum Subzone
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Lenticulina gaultina (BERTHELIN, 1880) - Bed
XI Callihoplites auritus Subzone
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Lenticulina gaultina (BERTHELIN, 1880) - Bed
IV (i) Diploceroides subdelaruei Subzone
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Lenticulina sternalis BERTHELIN, 1880 - Bed V
(Eu. lautus Zone)
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Names used are likely to be either
innacurate and/or out of date (all errors are my own) and as and when
it becomes possible these will be amended.
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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 |
| 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. |