Michael Hesemann · @Foraminifera
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I found these hats quite often in a Chattian (Upper Oligocene) sediment sample from Doberg, Germany. Which genus / species could it be ? ... #microfossil #fossil #ForamFriday #micropaleontology #Oligocene
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Michael Hesemann · @Foraminifera
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An Oligocene Foraminifera: Karreriella siphonella (Reuss, 1851) . Find more at https://foraminifera.eu/loc.php?locality=Bad+Freienwalde
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· @NetMassimo
93 followers · 1646 posts · Server mastodon.social#paleontology #fossils An article published in the journal "Communications Biology" reports a study on a hitherto unknown mass extinction of #mammals that occurred in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula between the end of the #Eocene period and the beginning of the #Oligocene period.
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/10/08/over-30-million-years-ago-there-was-a-mass-extinction-of-mammals-in-africa-and-the-arabian-peninsula/
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