Foraminifera (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Foraminifera

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A photomicrograph showing 10 species of foraminifera, a type of plankton. In this paper, researchers examined foraminifera fossils and found a link between the rate of species recovery after an extinction event and evolution.

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United States Geological Survey/l Randolph Femmer

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