August 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Foraminifera are one of the ocean’s most abundant, but overlooked inhabitants. It’s also one of the tiniest creatures I’ve ever shot for the Aliens Collection. The shell size is ~1mm, and the spicules reach ~5mm
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#foraminifera #foram #microscopy #blackwater #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug
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#foraminifera #foram #microscopy #blackwater #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug
February 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#FossilFriday Microfosils sent as #Christmas cards by Arthur Earland (1866-1958) to his collaborator Edward Heron-Allen #foramfriday #microfossils #histsci wp.me/p3ihHu-cX
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#FossilFriday Microfosils sent as #Christmas cards by Arthur Earland (1866-1958) to his collaborator Edward Heron-Allen #foramfriday #microfossils #histsci wp.me/p3ihHu-cX
#FossilFriday The Egyptian Pyramids are constructed of Eocene aged nummulitic limestone. The thin-section shows Nummulites from the pyramid of Kheops ⚒️🧪🔬
wp.me/p3ihHu-cX #ForamFriday
wp.me/p3ihHu-cX #ForamFriday
January 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#FossilFriday The Egyptian Pyramids are constructed of Eocene aged nummulitic limestone. The thin-section shows Nummulites from the pyramid of Kheops ⚒️🧪🔬
wp.me/p3ihHu-cX #ForamFriday
wp.me/p3ihHu-cX #ForamFriday
#FossilFriday E. Haeckel's illustrations of forams wp.me/p3ihHu-cX #ForamFriday⚒️🧪
August 9, 2024 at 8:34 PM
#FossilFriday E. Haeckel's illustrations of forams wp.me/p3ihHu-cX #ForamFriday⚒️🧪
#ForamFriday #Paleo2Lab instagram post:
www.instagram.com/reel/DAuhF5_...
(featuring #Baculogypsina & #Calcarina #foraminifera!)
www.instagram.com/reel/DAuhF5_...
(featuring #Baculogypsina & #Calcarina #foraminifera!)
October 5, 2024 at 3:22 AM
#ForamFriday #Paleo2Lab instagram post:
www.instagram.com/reel/DAuhF5_...
(featuring #Baculogypsina & #Calcarina #foraminifera!)
www.instagram.com/reel/DAuhF5_...
(featuring #Baculogypsina & #Calcarina #foraminifera!)
#FossilFriday Heterohelix globulosa foraminifera isolated from the K-Pg boundary clay at Geulhemmerberg in the Netherlands. ⚒️🧪🔬
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#scicomm #micropaleontology #foramfriday #paleoclimate
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#scicomm #micropaleontology #foramfriday #paleoclimate
October 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
#FossilFriday Heterohelix globulosa foraminifera isolated from the K-Pg boundary clay at Geulhemmerberg in the Netherlands. ⚒️🧪🔬
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#scicomm #micropaleontology #foramfriday #paleoclimate
wp.me/p3ihHu-5eZ
#scicomm #micropaleontology #foramfriday #paleoclimate
Nicholas Shackleton, English geologist & paleoclimatologist, died #OTD 2006. He was a pioneer in the use of mass spectrometry to determine changes in climate as recorded in the oxygen isotope composition of calcareous #microfossils. 🧪⚒️🔬
wp.me/p3ihHu-su #Foramfriday
wp.me/p3ihHu-su #Foramfriday
January 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Nicholas Shackleton, English geologist & paleoclimatologist, died #OTD 2006. He was a pioneer in the use of mass spectrometry to determine changes in climate as recorded in the oxygen isotope composition of calcareous #microfossils. 🧪⚒️🔬
wp.me/p3ihHu-su #Foramfriday
wp.me/p3ihHu-su #Foramfriday
Happy #ForamFriday here's a Hantkenina australis, just for you
November 15, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Happy #ForamFriday here's a Hantkenina australis, just for you
May 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Globigerina bulloides d’ORBIGNY
Foraminifera, unicellular organisms of the sea
Planktonic life species
The long diameter is about 200 μm from
It is also cute to see the interference color under a differential interference microscope
Thin spines are also made of calcium carbonate
Foraminifera, unicellular organisms of the sea
Planktonic life species
The long diameter is about 200 μm from
It is also cute to see the interference color under a differential interference microscope
Thin spines are also made of calcium carbonate
May 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM
STUNNING living foraminifera in situ video by @schmidtocean.bsky.social #foramfriday youtu.be/Yv_ud_Vp6ac?...
Wow. Foraminifera! #livingbioreactors #midwater #ocean #science
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean Institute
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May 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM
STUNNING living foraminifera in situ video by @schmidtocean.bsky.social #foramfriday youtu.be/Yv_ud_Vp6ac?...
For our Catalog of modern Greater North Sea foraminifera we found this Homalohedra williamsoni. Send us your material to fill gaps: foraminifera.eu/cns.php #foraminifera #ForamFriday #NorthSea
November 20, 2024 at 6:16 PM
For our Catalog of modern Greater North Sea foraminifera we found this Homalohedra williamsoni. Send us your material to fill gaps: foraminifera.eu/cns.php #foraminifera #ForamFriday #NorthSea
oh Wow. Sorites orbiculus #foramfriday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Sorites orbiculus
Sorites orbiculus from Anse Colas, Bouillante, Guadeloupe on May 1, 2024 at 11:46 AM by Julie Mellinger
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May 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
oh Wow. Sorites orbiculus #foramfriday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Can I interest you in a Parvularugoglobigerina alabamensis in these trying times? #ForamFriday
November 8, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Can I interest you in a Parvularugoglobigerina alabamensis in these trying times? #ForamFriday
Day39 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
The concept of an armored protozoan you can see with the naked eye may be unsettling, but the fusilinids can't hurt our H. sapiens! #foramfriday #fossilfriday 🧪
The concept of an armored protozoan you can see with the naked eye may be unsettling, but the fusilinids can't hurt our H. sapiens! #foramfriday #fossilfriday 🧪
June 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Day39 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
The concept of an armored protozoan you can see with the naked eye may be unsettling, but the fusilinids can't hurt our H. sapiens! #foramfriday #fossilfriday 🧪
The concept of an armored protozoan you can see with the naked eye may be unsettling, but the fusilinids can't hurt our H. sapiens! #foramfriday #fossilfriday 🧪
A pretty bauble for the Christmas tree! Favulina hexagona (Williamson, 1848) (x160) from Loch Sunart, NW Scotland, UK. (Used to be Oolina hexagona). #ForamFriday #Festivefossils
December 27, 2024 at 1:02 PM
A pretty bauble for the Christmas tree! Favulina hexagona (Williamson, 1848) (x160) from Loch Sunart, NW Scotland, UK. (Used to be Oolina hexagona). #ForamFriday #Festivefossils
Hyalinea balthica (Schröter, 1783) x 200 (v small, usually larger) from Loch Sunart. This planispiral evolute #foraminifera is easily distinguished by its thick glassy walls separating the chambers & thick glassy periphery. Likes organic rich seds & cooler waters. (Nearly!) #ForamFriday.
February 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hyalinea balthica (Schröter, 1783) x 200 (v small, usually larger) from Loch Sunart. This planispiral evolute #foraminifera is easily distinguished by its thick glassy walls separating the chambers & thick glassy periphery. Likes organic rich seds & cooler waters. (Nearly!) #ForamFriday.
I’m sorry, the old #ForamFriday can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, ‘cause she’s done with X
(I still love forams, though❤️)
(I still love forams, though❤️)
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November 8, 2024 at 1:37 AM
I’m sorry, the old #ForamFriday can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, ‘cause she’s done with X
(I still love forams, though❤️)
(I still love forams, though❤️)
May 22, 2026 at 3:04 PM
MORE of these discoid Philippine forams! This one called Amphisorus #foramfriday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Genus Amphisorus
Amphisorus from Romblon Pass, Philippines on August 25, 2024 at 09:40 AM by caleidoskopable
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May 22, 2026 at 3:21 PM
MORE of these discoid Philippine forams! This one called Amphisorus #foramfriday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
I've not posted here for a while but here is a late #ForamFriday! Cassidulina obtusa Williamson, 1858. x250. Loch Sunart, Scotland. Usually found in more temperate waters. Signature characteristic - that little indent at the top of the aperture.
November 22, 2024 at 11:28 PM
I've not posted here for a while but here is a late #ForamFriday! Cassidulina obtusa Williamson, 1858. x250. Loch Sunart, Scotland. Usually found in more temperate waters. Signature characteristic - that little indent at the top of the aperture.
A warm welcome to @simondhaenens.bsky.social - I'm looking forward to more #foraminifera fans joining us over here for more #ForamFriday content and discussion!
October 26, 2023 at 9:07 AM
A warm welcome to @simondhaenens.bsky.social - I'm looking forward to more #foraminifera fans joining us over here for more #ForamFriday content and discussion!
Rhizaria is a magical branch where multiple lineages evolved multicellularity, macroscopic size, and/or photosynthetic symbiosis independently from their kelp & plant relatives. Some forams, Gromia, and the collodarians can all grow to significant sizes, easily visible without magnification
May 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM