Dear all,

 

The NHM in London have a large collection of foraminiferal models mainly made from plaster. As I wrote a short paper on these back in 2002 I have been asked to contribute a short article to a forthcoming book on “The History of Foraminiferal Micropalaeontology” to be published by the Geological Society and edited by Alan Bowden and Andy Henderson.

 

We have collections of models by d’Orbigny, Reuss, Fritsch (Fric), Zittel, Flatters and Garnet, Pearcey and Zach Arnold. My paper can be found on the Geological Curators’ Group website at: http://www.geocurator.org/arch/Curator/Vol7No7.pdf

 

The title of my chapter in the new book is “The development of modelling Foraminifera: examples from historic collections” so I am looking to make contact with collections managers who may have these or other types of foraminiferal models in their collections.

 

All the best,

 

Giles

 

Dr C. Giles Miller, Senior Curator, Micropalaeontology, Department of Palaeontology

Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/palaeontology/g-miller/index.html