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The European Micropaleontological Reference Center and its role in the preservation and management of micropaleontological collections 欧洲微体古生物参考中心及其在微体古生物收藏的保存和管理中的作用

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REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2026.100902

Anna Waśkowska , Justyna Kowal-Kasprzyk , Sławomir Bębenek , Michael A. Kaminski

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Micropaleontological collections at the Museum of Earth and Life, University of Contestado, Mafra, Santa Catarina State, Brazil 巴西圣卡塔琳娜州马夫拉市康赛萨多大学地球与生命博物馆微古生物学收藏

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REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2026.100901

Everton Wilner , Ana Karina Scomazzon , Luiz Carlos Weinschütz , Vilson Greinert

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The history and relevance of the ostracod and foraminifera collections at the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town 开普敦伊兹科南非博物馆介形类和有孔虫收藏的历史和相关性

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REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2025.100880

Eugene W. Bergh , Richard V. Dingle

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Challenges and significance in conserving Mexican fusulinids in scientific collections: the problem of inadequate repositories 在科学收藏中保存墨西哥镰刀菌的挑战和意义：储存库不足的问题

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REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2025.100890

Juan J. Avendaño-Pazos , Miguel A. Torres-Martínez , Jessica Utrup

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The Micropalaeontology Collection at The Natural History Museum, London – impact, challenges and opportunities 伦敦自然历史博物馆的微体古生物收藏馆——影响、挑战和机遇

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REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2025.100898

C. Giles Miller, Stephen Stukins

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Morphological re-evaluation of Callumispora Bharadwaj & Srivastava 1969 and Punctatisporites Ibrahim 1933 emend. Potonié & Kremp 1954 and their taxonomic implications Callumispora Bharadwaj & Srivastava 1969和Punctatisporites Ibrahim 1933修订的形态学再评价。potoni<e:1> & Kremp 1954及其分类学意义

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REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2025.100877

Ayushi Mishra , Pauline Sabina Kavali , Mercedes di Pasquo , Omnath Saha , Runcie Paul Mathews

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Professor Kh.M. Saidova’s legacy: the collection of benthic foraminifera at Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences Kh.M教授。赛多瓦的遗产：俄罗斯科学院谢尔绍夫海洋研究所底栖有孔虫的收藏

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REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2025.100878

Anna Tikhonova, Sergei Korsun, Alexander Matul

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The collections of micropaleontology of the Rennes University (France) 雷恩大学微体古生物学收藏（法国）

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REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2026.100903

Damien Gendry

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The Foraminifera Collection at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany 森肯堡研究所和法兰克福自然历史博物馆有孔虫收藏，法兰克福-美因河畔法兰克福，德国