Foraminifera

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Noun1.Foraminifera - foraminifersForaminifera - foraminifers        
order Foraminifera
animal order - the order of animals
Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda - creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
foram, foraminifer - marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
family Globigerinidae, Globigerinidae - a family of protoctists
genus Globigerina - type genus of the family Globigerinidae
family Nummulitidae, Nummulitidae - a family of fossil protoctists
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A water depth model for the evolution of the planktonic Foraminiferida. Nature, 286(5770), 252-254.
Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and depositional setting of the Cretaceous Parh Limestone, Quetta, western Sulaiman Fold-Thrust Belt, Balochistan, Pakistan
Climate-driven range extension of Amphistegina (Protista, Foraminiferida): models of current and predicted future ranges.
Fate of calcifying tropical symbiont-bearing large benthic foraminifera: living sands in a changing ocean
New data on the palaeobiogeography of Loftusia genus (Foraminiferida).
Microbiostratigraphy and lithostratigraphy of the Tarbur Formation in Southeast of Shahr-e-kord, Iran
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