Foram-Mike Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I think it is a Nodobolivinella compressa - a foraminifera smaller than 0,5mm. I found it in an Oligocene sample from SW France sent to me by malacologist Dirk F. www.foraminifera.eu/single.php?no=1012309&aktion=suche Optical images. Three views of the same specimen. Foram-Mike, Owner of www.foraminifera.eu So far we show 12000+ images of foraminifera online for free Send us your images, samples and specimens to enlarge our coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 I'm surprised how well such a tiny protist can be well-preserved. Probably would've taken ages to even find that thing in rock If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 nice one Mike "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Very different from what I am used to seeing as foraminifera. Good photo. Thanks for showing us. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foram-Mike Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 14 hours ago, Macrophyseter said: I'm surprised how well such a tiny protist can be well-preserved. Probably would've taken ages to even find that thing in rock Fossil Forams have a much harder surface than the matrix they are embedded in. In not so stiff rock the matrix easily falls off, which for example happened with this specimen after I cooked the sample for 30 minutes in water with 7% sodium. In an outcrop of marine sedimentary rock you may easily find not so stiff layers or weathered rock. Foram-Mike, Owner of www.foraminifera.eu So far we show 12000+ images of foraminifera online for free Send us your images, samples and specimens to enlarge our coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittle Star Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Very nice, I love forams, hope to post some of my own in the future. I will try and find the website I have that is really good at id'ing all sorts of forams. Found it, edited this to add, the link takes you to the gallery but beneath is a key to Benthic, planktonic and other useful links and the bar at the top gives different search topics. http://www.foraminifera.eu/ Never ask a starfish for directions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Which is the site "exploited" by Foram Mike,as you can see in his signature What with all the DSDP and ODP reports freely online,there's a very solid planktonic foram database close at hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittle Star Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Never saw the signature, feel free to mock the afflicted, namely me. Never ask a starfish for directions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 I am not the mocking type.Yours truly will insult himself,at the most. My self esteem is somewhere between bathyal and hadal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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