Foraminifera : Their Classification and Economic Use / Joseph A. Cushman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cushman, Joseph A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foraminifera, Fossil.

Foraminifera.

Foraminifères.

Tiere (Zoologie).

Zoologia Geral.

Foraminifera--Bibliography.

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.

Local Subjects:

Foraminifera--Bibliography.

Foraminifera, Fossil.

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (613 p.): 86 Taf.

Edition:

4th ed., rev. and enl. Reprint 2013

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the fourth revised and enlarged edition of the standard guide to the Foraminifera, the order of small marine Protozoa whose living and fossilized forms have attracted both scientific and economic interest during the past century. Research on the Foraminifera has developed rapidly in the last few years, because of their value to the petroleum industry and in general geologic correlation. The classification in this volume is that of the earlier editions, with such changes as could be made by new evidence which has come to light. It is based upon the known geologic history of the genera, the phylogenetic characters as distinguished through study of much fossil material from all continents, and a study of the ontogeny in many microspheric specimens which show relationships more definitely than megalospheric specimens of the same species. Fifty families, including about seven hundred and fifty genera, are systematically described and illustrated in the text and Key. A comprehensive bibliography, listing titles and authors of the most important works on the Foraminifera, is arranged according to geologic age and geographic distribution, morphology and technique, classification and nomenclature, and general bibliographical references. An index to family and generic names, both valid and invalid, is included.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

FINDING LIST OF FIGURES AND PLATES

CHAPTER 1 THE LIVING ANIMAL

CHAPTER II THE TEST

CHAPTER III COLLECTING AND PREPARING MATERIAL

CHAPTER IV METHODS OF STUDY

CHAPTER V ECONOMIC USE

CHAPTER VI GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

CHAPTER VII GEOLOGIC DISTRIBUTION

CHAPTER VIII TRIMORPHISM

CHAPTER IX CLASSIFICATION

CHAPTER Χ RESEARCH PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE FORAMINIFERA

CHAPTER XI SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE FORAMINIFERA: Family 1.-15.

CHAPTER XI SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE FORAMINIFERA: Family 16.-31.

CHAPTER XI SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE FORAMINIFERA: Family 32.-50.

CHAPTER XII BIBLIOGRAPHY

AN ILLUSTRATED KEY TO THE GENERA OF THE FORAMINIFERA

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-33086-2

OCLC:

1013947648