Abstract
The modern principles of marine biostratigraphy ask for more exact fossil determinations. In view of the increased activity in nearly all countries concerning this modern trend in geology more uniformity in the methods used for the determination of fossils and especially of microfossils, is needed.
In this way a better understanding of the stratigraphical range of important species and their natural relations to other species in all parts of the world would be obtained. For this purpose the study of the internal structures is also important: siphuncular structures of the ammonite shell—heterostrophical oldest volutions of gastropods—canal systems of foraminifers. A few examples are given and figured.
A few remarks on biostratigraphy, paleo-ecology, facies and guide fossils serve as an introduction.
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van Voorthuysen, J.H. Remarks on the internal structure of the shells of Ammonoidea, Gastropoda and Foraminifera — with a short introduction on biostratigraphy and paleo-ecology. Paläont. Z. 26, 30–48 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03041727
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