“Engaged in creating the first systemic classification of foraminifera, the Frenchman Alcide d’Orbigny issued, in 1823, the initial of four installments of plaster models of foraminifera. These models were based on original limestone sculptures that he’d carved. Each installment contained 25 models; those of extinct species were colored, recent species were white. Each model showed a foraminifera specimen; many were between 1 and 2 inches long. Most amazing, the first installments of d’Orbigny’s models were sold to subscribers three years before they received his text describing and categorizing foraminifera genera and species.” From http://fossilsandotherlivingthings.blogspot.ie/2015/12/micro-to-macro-nature-to-art.html This model has been scanned using laser scanning and is available for improvement and we will update more models as we scanned the entire collections
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