Carlo Fornasini

This article is about the palaeontologist who worked in Italy. For the earlier field naturalist who worked in Mozambique, see Carlo Antonio Fornasini.

Cav. Dott.
Carlo Fornasini.
Born(1854-11-03)3 November 1854
Bologna, Papal States
Died24 December 1931(1931-12-24) (aged 77)
Bologna, Kingdom of Italy
Alma materUniversity of Bologna
Known forStudy of Foraminifera
SpouseEmilia née Erhardt
Children
  • Carlo Francesco (son)
  • Elsa (daughter)
Scientific career
Thesis (1877)
Doctoral advisorGiovanni Capellini
Author abbrev. (zoology)Forn.

Cavaliere dottore Carlo Fornasini (3 November 1854 – 24 December 1931) was an Italian micropalaeontologist who specialised in Foraminifera ('forams'). He was a pioneer in using fossil forams to sequence marine sedimentary deposits by their relative dates; a technique called biostratigraphy.


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