Foraminifera (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Foraminifera

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Marine sediments contain the microscopic shells of organisms called foraminifera that lived in the surface waters. The chemical composition of these shells records the environmental conditions in which they formed.

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Photo credit: Marci Robinson/USGS

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