Order: FORAMINIFERIDA Eichwald, 1830
LAGENINA; NODOSARIACEA; VAGINULINIDAE
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.
Genus: Citharinella MARIE, 1938
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Names used are likely to be either innacurate and/or out of date (all errors are my own) and as and when it becomes possible these will be amended.
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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