Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Nonionidae

 

found at Cape Hatteras

found in core-sample OBX-17
depth 99.4-99.5 feet,

   East Coast   USA

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Pleistocene  

 

the specimen was picked and photographed by Michael Hesemann
with assistance of Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt, the raw material is provided by

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Boltovskoy, E. , Giussani, G. , Watanabe, S. and Wright, R., 1980: Atlas of benthic shelf Foraminifera of the Southwest Atlantic.   147 pp. Plate 22, Fig. 7-9

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1001354