Lenticulina Foraminifera of Germany

This fossil is called Lenticulina sp. found in the Sternberger Kuchen of Kobrow, Germany. The small creature existed in the Paleogene Period (about 65-23 million years ago).

Thanks to Michael Hesemann and his treasure trove of information about foraminifera at the website: www.foraminifera.eu.

Specimen photographed with an Orion Microxplore microscope set at 40x using a Kodak Easyshare LS743 camera.