Cretaceous Planktic Foraminifera (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Cretaceous Planktic Foraminifera

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Figure showing the very diverse late Cretaceous planktic foraminifera, the very small and simple group that survives the extinction, and then the increasing diversity of shapes in this group of plankton as they recover during the early Paleogene.

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Christopher Lowery

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