Dr. H. G. Kugler, chief geologist of the North Venezuelan Petroleum Company, at Puerto Cabello, entrusted us with the examination of a collection of larger foraminifera, selected from material collected by the geologists of this Company in Central Falcon. Dr. A. Senn kindly added material that had already been collected from the same region by Prof. Dr. M. Reinhard and Dr. M. Blumenthal. The material thus combined should give us a clear picture of the distribution of the larger foraminifera in 7 stages of the Tertiary in this Venezuelan region. We are very much indebted to Dr. Kugler not only for entrusting us with this material, but also for the constant aid given us during the investigation. We also wish to thank Dr. A. Senn, Dr. W. T. Keller and Dr. E.... |