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A concentration of exceptionally well-preserved large tubular foraminifera in the Eocene Zumaya flysch, northern Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

T. P. Crimes  and
A. Uchman
T. P. Crimes
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K.
A. Uchman
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Oleandry 2a, 30-063 Krakow, Poland
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Abstract

A concentration of exceptionally well-preserved large tubular foraminifera occurs on a specimen from the sole of a sandstone bed from the Eocene Zumaya flysch. The foraminifera were probably washed out from the sediment by a weak bottom current, orientated and concentrated in a pre-existing depression on the ocean floor. Fortunately, subsequently deposited turbidite sand, which forms the host bed, only disturbed the fossils to an infinitesimal degree.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 130 , Issue 6 , November 1993 , pp. 851 - 853
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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