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TEST MICROGRANULEUX [1 record]

Record 1 1977-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[This is a calcareous foraminifera test], Microscopically granulose (...) composed of minute calcite crystals (...), probably originally granular but possibly recrystallized; [the] granules may be aligned in rows perpendicular to [the] outer wall, resulting in fibrous structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Il s'agit d'un test foraminifère calcaire] épais formé par la juxtaposition de granules subsphériques de dimensions à peu près homogènes (...). Les granules peuvent être disposés sans ordre dans la structure microgranuleuse (...), ou en files radiées ou "pseudofibres" dans la structure pseudofibreuse.

Spanish

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