Parkeria

Par`ke´ri`a


prop. n.1.(Zool.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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1877 (Parkeriaceae).--Type: Parkeria Hook.; Parkeriaceae Hook., 1825.