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The Stratigraphical Range of the Foraminiferal Genus Orbulina D'Orbigny 1839

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. N. C. Bowen
R. N. C. Bowen
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University College, Exeter
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Abstract

This genus is not present in pre-Oligocene rocks and probably does not occur below the basal Miocene. Stratigraphical and micropalaeontological evidence is produced to support this statement.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 92 , Issue 2 , April 1955 , pp. 162 - 167
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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