Nummulite

Nummulite; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Recent; (85.8Ma-0.0Ma) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil nummulitid foraminiferans showing microspheric and megalospheric individuals; Eocene of the United Arab Emirates; scale in mm.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Globothalamea
Order:	Rotaliida
Family:	Nummulitidae
Genus:	Nummulites; Lamarck, 1801
Species
	Numerous

A nummulite is a large

index fossils

.

The

nummulus 'little coin', a reference to their shape.^[7]

In 1913, naturalist Randolph Kirkpatrick published a book, The Nummulosphere: an account of the Organic Origin of so-called Igneous Rocks and Abyssal Red Clays, proposing the unconventional theory that all rocks had been produced through the accumulation of forams such as Nummulites.

Gallery

Fossil nummulites in Urbasa, Navarre
'A Nummilite, viewed from above, and horizontally bisected'

References

^ 'Nummulite', Tiscali Dictionary of Animals, retrieved 17 August 2004
^ Isquirth, Irwin Richard (2011). In The World Book Encyclopedia. print.
^ ^a ^b Kaplan, Sarah, Brilliance without a brain Archived 2018-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, Speaking of Science, The Washington Post, March 7, 2018
doi:10.1080/09853111.2018.1442609
. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

Microbes
', Guinness World Records 2001, p. 153.
^ Isquirth, Irwin Richard (2011). In The World Book Encyclopedia. print.

^ Hottinger, Lukas (2006-09-08). "Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research". Paleopolis. Archived from the original on 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2018-11-11.

Further reading

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Nummulite".

Aigner, Thomas (January 1985). "Biofabrics as Dynamic Indicators in Nummulite Accumulations". Journal of Sedimentary Research. 55 (1): 131–134.
doi:10.1306/212F8634-2B24-11D7-8648000102C1865D
.

Kopaevich, L.F.; Lygina, E.A.; Nikishin, A.M.; Yakovishina, E.V. (2008). "The Crimean Eocene Nummulite Bank". Moscow University Geology Bulletin. 63 (3): 195–8.
S2CID 129503182
.

Racey, Andrew (2001). "A Review of Eocene Nummulite Accumulations: Structure, Formation and Reservoir Potential". Journal of Petroleum Geology. 24 (1): 79–100.
doi:10.1111/j.1747-5457.2001.tb00662.x
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Papazzoni, Cesare Andrea (1995). "Nummulite biostratigraphy at the Middle/Upper Eocene boundary in the northern Mediterranean area". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 101 (1): 63–80.

Guido, Adriano; Papazzoni, Cesare; Mastandrea, Adelaide; Morsilli, Michele; La Russa, Mauro F.; Tosti, Fabio; Russo, Franco (June 2011). "Automicrite in a 'nummulite bank' from the Monte Saraceno (Southern Italy): evidence for synsedimentary cementation". Sedimentology. 58 (4): 878–889.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01187.x
.

Taxon identifiers
Nummulites

Wikidata: Q1604065

Wikispecies: Nummulites

CoL: 7PQKD

EoL: 6817785

GBIF: 5428655

IRMNG: 1206351

NCBI: 159861

Open Tree of Life: 5320309

Paleobiology Database: 1972

WoRMS: 520941

Authority control databases: National

Israel

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[1] 'Nummulite', Tiscali Dictionary of Animals, retrieved 17 August 2004

[2] Isquirth, Irwin Richard (2011). In The World Book Encyclopedia. print.

[SarahKaplan-3] Kaplan, Sarah, Brilliance without a brain Archived 2018-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, Speaking of Science, The Washington Post, March 7, 2018

[BanerjeeKhanolkarSaraswati2018-4] doi:10.1080/09853111.2018.1442609
. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

[5] Microbes
', Guinness World Records 2001, p. 153.

[6] Isquirth, Irwin Richard (2011). In The World Book Encyclopedia. print.

[7] Hottinger, Lukas (2006-09-08). "Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research". Paleopolis. Archived from the original on 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2018-11-11.

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