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  • Focal Length 8.2 mm
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Orbitolina forams in matrix

 

SITE LOCATION: Comal County, Texas, USA
TIME PERIOD: Lower Cretaceous (100-145 million years ago)
Data: The Chromista is a eukaryotic supergroup, probably polyphyletic, which may be treated as a separate kingdom or included among the Protista. They include all algae whose chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and c, as well as various colorless forms that are closely related to them. These chloroplasts are surrounded by four membranes, and are believed to have been acquired from some red algae.
Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Loftusiida
Family: Orbitolinidae
Genus: †Orbitolina

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