Cretaceous Chalk Fossils
Foraminifera and other zoophytes from a Cretaceous Period chalk deposit of the Isle of Moen, Denmark. The upper half of the illustration shows how the specimens would look under a microscope with transmitted light; the lower half is exhibited by reflected light. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition.
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