Foraminifera Fossil

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Foraminifera of the Mountain Limestone, forming the center of an oolitic grain. The Mountain Limestone, found throughout much of England and Wales, was formed during the Carboniferous Period. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition.

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