THE COLLECTION OF FORAMINIFERA FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS DEPOSITS OF MOUNTAINOUS CRIMEAIN THE MSU EARTH SCIENCE MUSEUM’S MONOGRAPH COLLECTION

Abstract

The article describes the micropaleontological collection of benthic and planktonic foraminifera (No. 145), which has supplied the basis for a research monograph on the Kampan-Maastricht Deposits of the Mountainous Crimea: Biostratigraphy, Paleogeography, Conditions of Establishing. Specimens in the collection characterize five geological sections of the Mountainous Crimea territory. Analysis of distribution of complexes planktonic and benthic foraminifera in each section is carried out. The collection consists of 269 Franke cells, according to 149 specimens; its catalogue runs 106 pages. Detailed descriptions of each Franke cell is given on the labels, in a separate catalogue consisting of 129 pages. The numbering of each geological section is independent, permitting effortless discovery of the descriptions, as well as photos of foraminifera shells in one of the 34 photographic tables in the electronic version of the monograph.