Evolutionary significance of the microbial assemblages of large benthic Foraminifera

M Prazeres, W Renema - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Large benthic Foraminifera (LBF) are major carbonate producers on coral reefs, and are
hosts to a diverse symbiotic microbial community. During warm episodes in the geological …

Ancestral state reconstruction of ontogeny supports a bilaterian affinity for Dickinsonia

DA Gold, B Runnegar, JG Gehling… - Evolution & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Despite numerous attempts, classification of the Precambrian fossil Dickinsonia has eluded
scientific consensus. This is largely because Dickinsonia and its relatives are structurally …

Towards a calibrated larger foraminifera biostratigraphic zonation: celebrating 18 years of the application of shallow benthic zones

CA Papazzoni, V Ćosović, A Briguglio… - Palaios, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Shallow Benthic Zonation is one of the most important achievements of
biostratigraphy in the last twenty years. Here we summarize the state of the art in the field of …

TEST FUSION IN ADULT FORAMINIFERA: A REVIEW WITH NEW OBSERVATIONS OF AN EARLY EOCENE NUMMULITES SPECIMEN

C Ferràndez-Cañadell, A Briguglio… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In foraminifera, so-called “double tests” usually arise due to abnormal growth originating
mainly from twinning, but may also be caused by irregularities in the early chambers and by …

Why did some larger benthic foraminifera become so large and flat?

P Hallock, M Seddighi - Sedimentology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biostromes and low‐relief bioherms, some of which are characterized by exceptionally
large, flat specimens of larger benthic foraminifera, are common in Palaeogene and …

Non-invasive imaging methods applied to neo-and paleo-ontological cephalopod research

R Hoffmann, JA Schultz, R Schellhorn… - …, 2014 - bg.copernicus.org
Several non-invasive methods are common practice in natural sciences today. Here we
present how they can be applied and contribute to current topics in cephalopod (paleo-) …

Volumetric analysis of benthic foraminifera: Intraspecific test size and growth patterns related to embryonic size and food resources

CL Belanger - Marine Micropaleontology, 2022 - Elsevier
Morphological variation in benthic foraminifera is often used to reconstruct
paleoenvironmental conditions and infer their physiological responses to environmental …

How to react to shallow water hydrodynamics: the larger benthic foraminifera solution

A Briguglio, J Hohenegger - Marine Micropaleontology, 2011 - Elsevier
Symbiont-bearing larger benthic foraminifera inhabit the photic zone to provide their
endosymbiotic algae with light. Because of the hydrodynamic conditions of shallow water …

Growth oscillation in larger foraminifera

A Briguglio, J Hohenegger - Paleobiology, 2014 - cambridge.org
This work shows the potential for applying three-dimensional biometry to studying cell
growth in larger benthic foraminifera. The volume of each test chamber was measured from …

Paleobiological applications of three-dimensional biometry on larger benthic foraminifera: a new route of discoveries

A Briguglio, J Hohenegger… - The Journal of …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Four specimens of larger benthic foraminifera (the Recent Palaeonummulites venosus and
Operculina ammonoides, and the phylogenetically related Paleogene Nummulites fabianii …