Citation: McGugan, A. 1964 Lower Cenomanian Foraminifera from Belfast Northern Ireland. Irish Naturalists' Journal 14: 189-194
Number of Pages: 6
Volume Part: 9
Keywords: Belfast, Biogeography, Checklist, Fauna, Foraminifera, Fossil, Geology, Northern Ireland
Abstract: Paper presents annotated (physical description, morphometrics and occurrence) species list of microfauna (ammonites and Foraminifera) found in a shell bed in the Lower Cenomanian glauconite sands of Carris Glen, near Belfast, Co. Down. Author notes that the number of genera and species in common with those recorded from the Chalk Marl of England. Absence of pelagic index Foraminifera is attributed to a restricted environment close to shore with attendant poor preservation.