Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research

Abstract

An illustrated glossary of terms used in the analysis of the shells of recent and fossil foraminifera supplemented by a rigorous selection of terms that facilitate an understanding of their biology and their use in ecology and biostratigraphy. The glossary includes some 650 entries illustrated by 83 - often composite – figures many of which are stereographs or 3D models. A taxonomic index lists the 140 taxa illustrated.

Keywords

• architecture
• comparative anatomy
• Foraminifera
• hierarchy of terms
• glossary
• micropaleontology