Abstract
THE Foraminifera which are in a living state to be found widely distributed in the seas of the present day, are also known to enter as fossils into the composition of several of the stratified rocks, forming in some places such vast thickness of limestone, as to command the attention of the Palæontologists. It is found somewhat difficult to draw the line between recent and fossil forms; and it would seem to be equally difficult to be sure what is a foraminiferous form and what is not. In this most useful catalogue, however all descriptive details and all controversial questions are omitted. Eozoon appears in the list, and so also does Orbitoides. The classification adopted is that of H. B. Brady, and the species are grouped according to their local occurrence and geological age.
Catalogue of the Fossil Foraminifera in the British Museum (Natural History).
By Prof. T. Rupert Jones (London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1881.)
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Catalogue of the Fossil Foraminifera in the British Museum (Natural History). Nature 27, 173 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/027173c0
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