Foraminifera

Foraminifera Rentang waktu: 600 jtyl PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Precambrian - Recent
Live Ammonia tepida (Rotaliida)
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kerajaan:	Rhizaria
Superfilum:	Retaria
Filum:	Foraminifera d'Orbigny, 1826
Orders
Allogromiida Carterinida Fusulinida - extinct Globigerinida Involutinida - extinct Lagenida Miliolida Silicoloculinida Spirillinida Textulariida incertae sedis    Xenophyophorea    Reticulomyxa

Foraminifera, atau disingkat foram, adalah grup besar protista amoeboid dengan pseudopodia. Cangkang atau kerangka foraminifera merupakan petunjuk dalam pencarian sumber daya minyak, gas alam dan mineral.

Pranala luar

General information

• The University of California Museum of Paleontology website has an Introduction to the Foraminifera

• Researchers at the University of South Florida developed a system using foraminifera for monitoring coral reef environments

• University College London's micropaleontology site has an overview of foraminifera, including many high-quality SEMs

• Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research is the Lukas Hottinger's glossary published in the OA e-journal "Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology"

• Information on Foraminifera Martin Langer's Micropaleontology Page

• Benthic foraminifera information from the 2005 Urbino Summer School of Paleoclimatology

Resources

• The star*sand project (part of micro*scope) is a cooperative database of information about foraminifera

• 3D models of forams, generated by X-ray tomography

• CHRONOS has several foraminifera resources, including a taxon search page and a micro-paleo section

• eForams is a web site focused on foraminifera and modeling of foraminiferal shells

• Foraminifera Gallery Illustrated catalog of recent and fossil Foraminifera by genus and locality