foraminiferan
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editEtymology
editFrom Foraminifera + -an.
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editforaminiferan (plural foraminiferans)
- (zoology, paleontology) An organism of the phylum Foraminifera; a foraminifer.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 146:
- Eocene foraminiferans are very different from Pliocene ones, and even within the Eocene there are many fine time divisions that can be recognised using foraminifera.