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FS285 Spherical Foraminifera

1.5 mm. Long x 1.5 mm. Wide x 1.5 mm. High

Classification: Protozoa, Rhizaria, Foraminiferida, Foraminifera, Acervulinidae, Sphaerogypsina, globulus

Description: PaleoBeachPebbles: Marine spherical foraminifera found by sifting sand on a spoil island near Yankeetown, FL. The spoil island is the result of dredging a channel through Eocene deposits of the Ocala Limestone. The major divisions on the scale in the photo are millimeters. What we see here is the test or shell of a marine protist. The larger foraminifera and their smaller relatives make up the majority of what we think of as the Ocala Limestone.

Age: Eocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Florida, Spoil Islands, mouth of Withlacoochee River, by Yankeetown, FL, Ocala Limestone

Found by: Ed DeRouin

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Alex Kittle, FLMNH

References: Florida Fossil Invertebrates, a publication of the Florida Paleontological Society, Part 7, Larger Foraminifera, p. 2.