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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Nummulitidae
Genus: Nummulites
Species: Nummulites millecaput
Author Citation Boubée, 1832
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Lutetian (late)
Adelholzen Formation
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1986
Acquired by: Field Collection
Thickness: .3 cm
Diameter: 4.5 cm
Höllgraben
Bad Adelholzen
Bavaria
Germany
The size is the most striking characteristic of this foraminifera species. They can reach up to 10cm in diameter.
References:
A. M. HEYNG (2012): Neugliederung der Adelholzener Schichten (Eozän, Nordhelvetikum) im Raum Siegsdorf-Bad Adelholzen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Großforaminiferen und Molluskenfauna (Teile 1 und 2). - Documenta naturae, 186: 1-105, 12 Abb.+Tab., 5 Taf., App.; München.
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