Parkeria

parkeria

(Science: zoology) A genus of large arenaceous fossil foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.

Origin: NL. So named from W. K. Parker, a British zoologist.

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