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

 

found at Salalah

near beach

   Arabian Sea   Oman

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

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

 

spiral view

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 , : Billman, H.; Hottinger, L.; Oesterle, H. (1980). Neogene to Recent rotaliid foraminifera from the Indopacific Ocean; their canal system, their classification and their stratigraphic use. Schweizerische paläontologische abhandlungen. 101: 71-113.    Plate , Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1003758