The foraminifers are unicellular organisms of the animal kingdom. Foraminifers are any of several large marine protozoans, of the subphylum Foraminifera, that have a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude.
M. K. BouDagher-Fadel has written: 'The early evolutionary history of planktonic foraminifera' -- subject(s): Foraminifera, Fossil, Fossil Foraminifera 'Evolution and geological significance of larger benthic foraminifera'
Harvey W. Anderson has written: 'Some Cretaceous Foraminifera of South Dakota' -- subject(s): Foraminifera, Fossil, Fossil Foraminifera
Helen Jeanne Plummer has written: 'Foraminifera of the Midway formation in Texas' -- subject(s): Foraminifera, Fossil, Fossil Foraminifera, Paleontology
Robert Wakeman Jones has written: 'Lower tertiary foraminifera from Waldport, Oregon' -- subject(s): Foraminifera, Fossil, Fossil Foraminifera
Brooks Fleming Ellis has written: 'Catalogue of planktonic Foraminifera' -- subject(s): Catalogs and collections, Foraminifera, Fossil Foraminifera, Fossils, Zooplankton 'Catalogue of Foraminifera' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Foraminifera 'Catalogue of Ostracoda' -- subject(s): Classification, Crustacea, Fossil Crustacea, Fossil Ostracoda, Ostracoda
D. H. McNeil has written: 'Cretaceous rocks and their foraminifera in the Manitoba escarpment' -- subject(s): Foraminifera, Fossil, Fossil Foraminifera, Paleontology
The chemical differences between Radiolarian and Foraminifera are in the types of shell casts they have developed. Radiolarians have siliceous shells, whereas Foraminifera have calcareous shells.
Lina Mercedes Balseiro has written: 'Upper cretaceous foraminifera of southern Colombia, S.A' -- subject(s): Foraminifera, Fossil, Fossil Foraminifera, Geology
Warren Norton has written: 'James River foraminifera' -- subject(s): Foraminifera
"Limestones are composed of grains; however, most grains in limestone are skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as Coral or Foraminifera."
Nikolaos Solakius has written: 'Foraminifera and biostratigraphy of the Arnager Limestone, Bornholm, Denmark' -- subject(s): Animals, Fossil, Foraminifera, Fossil, Fossil Animals, Fossil Foraminifera
Alan Hilder Smout has written: 'Lower tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula' -- subject(s): Arabia, Foraminifera, Fossil, Fossil Foraminifera, Paleontology, Qatar