Kolya Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Hello! Help please to identify. Ukraine, Middle Miocene. Size ~ 6 mm. Thanks in advance! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I wish I could help with an ID, but I wanted to say that is a fantastic picture of a beautiful specimen!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calli99 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Hi, could it be a Cibicidoides? maybe Cibicidoides cushmani? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 I just think this tiny fossil is really cool. Some links that may be of help to guide you down the road of identification... MIDDLE MIOCENE FORAMINIFERAL BIOCHRONOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF SE POLAND CORRELATION OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE DEPOSITS IN SE POLAND AND WESTERN UKRAINE BASED ON FORAMINIFERA AND CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON Biostratigraphy of the Konkian (Middle Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys) deposits of Southern Ukraine based on foraminifera I also found this... Foraminifera Gallery Database Query in the Foraminifera - the blog of foraminifera.eu ...what a wild world of teeny creatures. 3 1 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolya Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 20 hours ago, PFOOLEY said: I just think this tiny fossil is really cool. Some links that may be of help to guide you down the road of identification... MIDDLE MIOCENE FORAMINIFERAL BIOCHRONOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF SE POLAND CORRELATION OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE DEPOSITS IN SE POLAND AND WESTERN UKRAINE BASED ON FORAMINIFERA AND CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON Biostratigraphy of the Konkian (Middle Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys) deposits of Southern Ukraine based on foraminifera I also found this... Foraminifera Gallery Database Query in the Foraminifera - the blog of foraminifera.eu ...what a wild world of teeny creatures. Thank You very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 a Melonis species for my money. Not too uncommon in the Pontocaspian of the former Paratethys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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