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  • proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

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Examples

  • W.in Paleoceanography, Volume 10, Issue 6, p. 987-1010 in which it is stated “Species that benefit from symbiont photosynthesis Orbulina universa, Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, Globigerinoides ruber, and Globigerinita glutinata dominate the offshore fauna”.

    Warmest in a Millll-yun #2 « Climate Audit 2006

  • W.in Paleoceanography, Volume 10, Issue 6, p. 987-1010 in which it is stated “Species that benefit from symbiont photosynthesis Orbulina universa, Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, Globigerinoides ruber, and Globigerinita glutinata dominate the offshore fauna”.

    Rutherford, Mann et al [2005] « Climate Audit 2006

  • 3. A gradual transitional fossil sequence connects the foraminifera Globigerinoides trilobus and Orbulina universa Pearson et al.

    Kirk Cameron attempts to debunk Darwin 2009

  • 1. Looking at the origianl article, one discovers in Figure 1 that the plankton that have increased drammatically at the end of the 20th century are Globigenerina bulloides, Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, Globigerinoides ruber and Orbulina universa.

    Warmest in a Millll-yun #2 « Climate Audit 2006

  • 1. Looking at the origianl article, one discovers in Figure 1 that the plankton that have increased drammatically at the end of the 20th century are Globigenerina bulloides, Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, Globigerinoides ruber and Orbulina universa.

    Rutherford, Mann et al [2005] « Climate Audit 2006

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