Foraminifera are tiny, single-celled organisms that live in the oceans. Their hard shells, made of calcium carbonate, can withstand the test of time and their fossils reveal a lot about Earth's history, including past climates and environments.
of large foraminifer, shedding new light on the ecological evolution and biodiversity of coral reefs in the Ryukyu Islands.Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology"My colleagues and I have been studying modern and fossil coralline red algae and related carbonate deposits for 15 years," says Yasufumi Iryu, a professor at Tohoku University's Department of Earth Sciences within the Graduate School of Science.
A new species of the larger porcelaneous foraminifer Borelis provides novel insights into Neogene to Recent western Pacific paleobiogeographical dispersal patterns. Credit: Tohoku University
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