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Radiolarians

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Posted in Images on June 17th, 2008 by egosumnemo | FavoriteLoadingAdd to favorites
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422px Haeckel Stephoidea edit Radiolarians

The 71st plate from German biologist Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur, showing radiolarians of the order Stephoidea. Radiolarians form intricate mineral skeletons, usually with a central capsule dividing the cell into inner and outer portions. Radiolarians are found as zooplankton throughout the ocean and are important diagnostic fossils, found from the Cambrian period onwards.

Image credit: Ernst Haeckel

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7 Responses to Radiolarians

  2. pants (UID# 2794) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    June 18, 2008 at 1:17 am

    The second from the bottom on the very left looks like a kings crown

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  3. camiam321 (UID# 1511) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    June 18, 2008 at 7:10 am

    @ nyoki

    You always have sweet scientific posts.

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  4. dcr (UID# 1307) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    June 18, 2008 at 11:06 am

    Diagnostic fossils? Like the coelacanth is a diagnostic fossil? Just wondering…

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  5. nyoki (UID# 3444) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    June 18, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    I love the way fractal geometry pans out. There’s something aesthetically pleasing about the complexity of very small things.

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  6. thelotuseater725 (UID# 1616) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    June 18, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    Feed Flash Gordon to the RADIOLARIANS!

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  7. nyoki (UID# 3444) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    June 18, 2008 at 9:41 pm

    @ DCR
    They have a rapid turn-over rate which means they can be used to age other fossils found in the same strata as well as the strata itself.

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