For example, there are no sea-urchins, no corals, no chambered shells, such as the nautilus, nor microscopic foraminifera in lacustrine or fluviatile deposits.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell
If some of these pebbles consist of that peculiar flint, of which layers more or less continuous are characteristic of the chalk, and which include fossil shells, sponges, and foraminifera of cretaceous species, we may confidently infer that the chalk was the oldest of the two formations.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell
In that region, about 200 species of testacea, marine and fresh-water, have been obtained, with many foraminifera and remains of fish.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell