Michael Hesemann

• MS Political Economy
• CEO at The Foraminifera.eu Lab

Foraminiferal analysis of MAREANO samples was initiated by Michael Hesemann of the Foraminifera.eu Lab (Hamburg) with the aim of finding missing taxa for a catalogue of Greater North Sea foraminifera. The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) provided samples for a brief evaluation of the assemblages. The analysis is based on dead assemblages found in...

This study is part of a project that aims to provide the first comprehensive analysis of foraminifera in glacial erratics. Such studies may be used to clarify the origin of glacial erratics and serve as indicators of the direction of glacial movements. The glacial erratics, which were deposited during the Pleistocene Ice Ages, cover vast areas in n...

The species diversity of benthic foraminifera at four abyssal working areas in the Labrador Sea, Labrador Basin, and Southwest of the Azores is documented. One hundred and fifty taxa (forty-three not assigned to a species) were found and their diversity was recorded. One hundred and twenty-four taxa (fifteen not assigned to a species) were illustra...

This study documents foraminiferal faunas from the Mauritanian upper slope and shelf and analyses their association with cold-water coral habitats (=CWCH). It is based on the analysis of foraminiferal tests in 28 sediment samples of the >250 µm fraction only. One hundred and fifty seven benthic species are recorded, described and one hundred and fi...

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Foraminifera in a glacial erratic slab from the gravelpit Schwarz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany are presented and interpreted. Based on foraminifera the slab is placed in to the highest Albian/lowest Cenomanian

A well-exposed Coniacian-Santonian stratigraphic section in the Bir Mokadam Mountains, west of Tébessa (Algeria), was investigated through biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental analyses focusing on planktic foraminifera and ostracods, respectively. The studied interval encompasses deposits from the Essen Formation, consisting predominantly of cla...

VIDEO TALK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3KZjA1bso . Presented at the 5th Palaeontological virtual congress, Session: Unlocking the Potential of Palaeontological Collections., // The Foraminifera.eu (FEU) Lab houses a physical collection of millions of foraminiferal specimens of which currently 6,075 specimens are identified, photographed and...

Finds of foraminifera in sedimentary glacial erratics can provide information on the origin, chronologic and faunistic interpretation of glacial erratic boulders. Characteristic foraminifera from three Mesozoic and three Paleogene erratics are reported, together with their biostratigraphic and faunistic interpretation. Keywords: foraminifera, glaci...

Foraminiferal assemblage data was collected from the top 0-1 cm sediment layer of 30 surface samples from the Mauritanian slope and shelf. The material was sampled with a box corer (50x50x55cm), grabs and gravity corer (6m lenght) during the expedition MSM16/3 of RV Maria S. Merian in October-November 2010. The samples range from water depths of 13...

This study is an effort to portray and interpret the foraminiferal faunas in sedimentary glacial erratics of Northern Germany. If present fossils and namely macro fossils were commonly used to clarify their origin. So far no systematic study of foraminifera in glacial erratics has been undertaken. If at all their presence was reported only as a gro...

A case study of micro-computed tomography for the destruction-free assessment of fossils in sediments is described.

My journey through the world of foraminifera

Report on the activities of foraminifera.eu in 2021 and plans for 2022

Presentation of the Foraminifera.eu Database (FEUDAT)

Status: 228 specimens are imaged Goal: The purpose of this project is to show modern foraminiferal faunas from Alaskan waters by imaging the found species. It is a mutual citizen science effort by fisherwomen/-men from Sitka, Alaska and the Foraminifera.eu Lab, Hamburg. A purpose is to protect the endangoured waters of Alaska by showing what is l...

Description of the Project goals and status. In: Meilland J, Morard R, Kučera M, Nitsch J, and Klose Ch, eds (2022) The Micropalaeontological Society Annual Conference 2022: The Microfossil Record of Ecosystem Response to Global Change; 9–11 November 2022, Bremen, Germany . Newsletter of Micropalaeontology, Special Issue 2. The Micropalaeontologic...

Oligocene Foraminifera Journal: Der Steinkern Volume: 2022 Issue: 3

It tells about our activities an contains several images of recent and fossil foraminifera

The Foraminifera.eu Newsletter 2020

Describing and interpreting the foraminifera in Jurassic glacial erratic rocks called "Kelloway Geschiebe"

In this study the foraminifera of the glacial erratic Heiligenhafener Kieselgestein (HKG) consisting of siliceous sandstones are documented for the first time. The glacial erratics in northern Germany were deposited during the Pleistocene. The age of the HKG sandstone is indicated as Eocene from 49.6 Ma to 47.8 Ma. The lower limit is given by the f...

Newsletter of the foraminifera.eu project for the year 2019

Newsletter of the foraminifera.eu project for the year 2018

Seven index foraminifera from chalk marl smaers of the Brodtener Ufer on the western Baltic coast, appearing for a couple of months are described. They allow to place the smears stratigraphically into the upper Upper Campanian.

Newsletter of the foraminifera.eu project for the year 2016

Newsletter of the foraminifera.eu project for the year 2016

The foraminifera.eu project with its 120 avocational and professional scientific contributors has built a popular online image database containing information about fossil and recent foraminifera. Foraminiferal data available from over 200 years of scientific studies and publications were first analyzed in order to create a robust database using st...

Foraminifera.eu is a non-commercial international project to foster the interest in foraminifera. A freely accessible image database with an online multi-criteria search facility based on high quality SEM and optical images and drawings has been developed. The website has become a popular resource with more than 5000 monthly unique visitors viewing...

Foraminifera.eu is a non-commercial international project to foster the interest in foraminifera. A freely accessible image database with an online multi-criteria search facility based on high quality SEM and optical images and drawings has been developed. The website has become a popular resource with more than 5000 monthly unique visitors viewing...

The Foraminifera.eu-Project wants to foster the interest in foraminifera. It builds a bridge between science and community. It is run by amateurs. Experienced foraminiferologist get a platform to share their knowledge with inexperienced ones. We offer practical help in sample-processing, imaging and classification. Foraminifera.eu has become a popu...

With www.foraminifera.eu we have established a freely accessible foraminiferal database with an online multi-criteria search query based onhigh quality SEM and optical