RBS-7_Parvularugoglobigerina_eugubina (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

RBS-7_Parvularugoglobigerina_eugubina

Caption

A scanning electron micrograph of the planktic foraminifer Parvularugoglobigerina eugubina. The evolution of this species ~6,400 years after the Chicxulub impact marks the top of the first plantkic foraminifer biozone after the K/Pg extinction. Scan by Chris Lowrey.

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Scan by Chris Lowrey.

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