Order: FORAMINIFERIDA Eichwald, 1830
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LAGENINA; NODOSARIACEA; VAGINULINIDAE |
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The 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: Citharinella MARIE, 1938 |
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Citharinella strigillata (Reuss, 1860) |
Citharinella strigillata (Reuss, 1860) |
Bed VI - Eu. lautus Zone |
Bed V - Eu. lautus Zone |
Citharinella pinnaeformis (Chapman, 1893) |
Citharinella pinnaeformis (Chapman, 1893) |
Bed X - H. varicosum Subzone |
Bed X - H. varicosum Subzone |
Citharinella sp. |
Citharinella sp. |
U. Bed VII - A. daviesi Subzone |
U. Bed VII - A. daviesi Subzone |
Citharinella sp. |
Citharinella sp. |
Bed X - H. varicosum Subzone |
Bed X - H. varicosum Subzone |
Names used are likely to be either innacurate and/or out of date (all errors are my own) and as and when it becomes possible these will be amended.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: |
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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 |
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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. | |