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Architecture and evolution of the foraminiferid test — a theoretical approach

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Aspects of Micropalaeontology

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Three main growth modes occur in the tests of Foraminiferida and related rhizopods: non-septate contained growth, non-septate continuous growth and septate growth. Within each of these groups, geometrical models of unit volume are used to examine the effects of varying the rate of growth translation, rate of chamber volume expansion, of chamber shape and apertural form upon a number of skeletal parameters. Chief among these are the minimum line of communication (MinLOC) from the back of the proloculus to the nearest aperture and the maximum line of communication (MaxLOC) from the most remote point of a distal chamber to its nearest aperture. Comparison of these models with fossil foraminifera allows some general comments about architectural evolution in the group; e.g. those from shallow-water facies show a tendency to ‘shortened MinLOC’ for a unit volume through the Palaeozoic and again in the Mesozoic, perhaps in response to increased competition.

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Brasier, M.D. (1982). Architecture and evolution of the foraminiferid test — a theoretical approach. In: Banner, F.T., Lord, A.R. (eds) Aspects of Micropalaeontology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6841-0_1

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