Friday, February 12, 2010

Lenticulina Foraminifera of Germany

This fossil is called Lenticulina sp. found in the Sternberger Kuchen of Kobrow, Germany. The small creature existed in the Paleogene Period (about 65-23 million years ago).

Thanks to Michael Hesemann and his treasure trove of information about foraminifera at the website: www.foraminifera.eu.

Specimen photographed with an Orion Microxplore microscope set at 40x using a Kodak Easyshare LS743 camera.

 
 

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