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Cretaceous Chalk Fossils

Foraminifera and other zoophytes from the chalk of Meudon, a Cretaceous Period deposit in France. The upper half of the illustration shows how the specimens would look under a microscope with transmitted light; the lower half is exhibited by reflected light. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition.

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Cretaceous Chalk Fossils

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Foraminifera and other zoophytes from the chalk of Meudon, a Cretaceous Period deposit in France. The upper half of the illustration shows how the specimens would look under a microscope with transmitted light; the lower half is exhibited by reflected light. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition.

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Keywords:

1800S • 19TH CENTURY • ART • ARTWORK • CHALK FORMATION • CRETACEOUS PERIOD • DEPOSIT • DIFFÉRENT • EARTH SCIENCE • ENGRAVING • EXTINCT ANIMAL • FORAM • FORAMINIFER • FORAMINIFERA • FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGE • FORAMINIFERAN • FORAMINIFERIDA • FOSSIL • FOSSILIZED • FRENCH CHALK • GEOLOGIC HISTORY • GEOLOGY • HISTORIC WORK • ILLUSTRATION • INVERTEBRATE • LATE CAMPANIAN • LOUIS FIGUIER • MARINE LIFE • MESOZOIC ERA • MEUDON FRANCE • MICROFOSSIL • MICROSCOPIC • MICROSCOPY • MONAD • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALEOBIOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PREHISTORIC FAUNA • PREHISTORY • PROTIST • PROTOZOA • PROTOZOAN • SHELLS • UNICELLULAR ORGANISM • VARIOUS • WORLD BEFORE THE DELUGE • ZOOPHYTES