This photograph depicts a close-up of Eocene limestones from the Sardinero Formation in Cantabria (Northern Spain). The limestone is rich with foraminifera shells, most of them from the Nummulitidae family. These organisms once lived in a very shallow sea that separated Europe from Iberia in the late Mesozoic and early Cenozoic era. Later the sea basin’s closure led to the formation of the Pyrene ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Nummulites, the living lentils
The Nummulite-Whisperer Snail. Credit: Manuel de Paz Álvarez (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
