Carlo Fornasini
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This article is about the palaeontologist who worked in Italy. For the earlier field naturalist who worked in Mozambique, see Carlo Antonio Fornasini.
Cavaliere dottore Carlo Fornasini (3 November 1854 – 24 December 1931) was an Italian micropalaeontologist who specialised in Foraminifera ('forams').[lower-alpha 1] He was a pioneer in using fossil forams to sequence marine sedimentary deposits by their relative dates;[1][2] a technique called biostratigraphy.
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Born | (1854-11-03)3 November 1854 |
Died | 24 December 1931(1931-12-24) (aged 77) Bologna, Kingdom of Italy |
Alma mater | University of Bologna |
Known for | Study of Foraminifera |
Spouse | Emilia née Erhardt |
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Thesis | (1877) |
Doctoral advisor | Giovanni Capellini |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Forn. |
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