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Agglutinated (arenaceous) foraminifera are of biostratigraphic, palaeoecologic and taxonomic importance, particularly when concentrated in lithified marine sediments of Palaeozoic age. The study of Palaeozoic agglutinated foraminifera is largely by thin section analysis, mainly because of the difficulty in extracting well-preserved specimens from residues. Several attempts were made by Wray (1952) to extract foraminifera from Carboniferous limestones. The few foraminiferal tests that were recovered showed poor preservation, and all taxonomic descriptions were supplemented from observations using thin sections.
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Green, O.R. (2001). Extraction Techniques for Agglutinated Foraminifera from Calcareous Sediments. In: A Manual of Practical Laboratory and Field Techniques in Palaeobiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0581-3_31
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