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Nodobolivinella compressa found in Chattian material from SW France, sent to me by malacologist Dirk.
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/oldfossil/opslag/586351014Quelfes.jpg Dear microfossil hunting colleagues, in a sq-inch on the seafloor and the water column above dozens or thousands of microorganisms usually live and lived. In fossil rocks and samples microfossils - if present - do not come alone but as an assemblage of differe...

/oldfossil/opslag/1643691288mare1024.jpg In our Jurassic samples from the Algarve, Portugal we found this pyritized Spirillina tenuissima. - any other opinions ? The work on this sample is ongoing, first results are at www.foraminifera.eu/loc.php?locality=Mareta Michael Hesemann Foraminifera.eu Pro...

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Dear Johan, you are absolutely right, that softer rock material/sediment is needed such as marly limestones, marls and clays to get adequate specimen. Solid rocks must be cut into slices, but I have not worked with microslices so far. Sometimes weathered solid rocks might be used, such as found in p...

Hello Gerrit-Jan, the catch for me is to build up a visible collection + learn more about paleoecology. The catch for someone who sends in a piece is to get the forams found into view at all. More specific: The great advantage of microfossils is, that they don\'t need much space, an experienced coll...

/oldfossil/opslag/255333968Pseudopolymorphina-soldanii-curfs.jpg Dear reader, Sorry but my dutch is too bad. Foraminifera caught my interest 2 years ago. December 2007 I started to take photos and to put them online at ( www.foraminifera.eu to foraminifera.eu). For each of the so far 144 specimen I...

/oldfossil/opslag/573273381Pseudopolymorphina-soldanii-curfs.jpg Dear reader, Foraminifera caught my interest 2 years ago. December 2007 I started to take photos and put them online at ( www.foraminifera.eu to foraminifera.eu). For each of the so far 144 specimen I took 3 photos and sort them by ge...