Elphidium ortenburgense  (Egger, 1857)
 
Class: Globothalamea  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Elphidiidae
 
found at Strass

Ortenburger Meeressande
   Central European Highlands   Germany
 
Geological Time: Neogene  Miocene  Burdigalian
Obere Meeresmolasse OMM
 
the specimen was picked and photographed by Michael Hesemann
with assistance of Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt, the raw material is provided by
 

Regional Stage: Eggenburgian

side view
 
 
The identification is based upon:
 Pippèrr, Martina, 2010: Early Miocene foraminifers from the Upper Marine Molasse of the North Alpine Foreland Basin. Proxies for biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental change Dissertation   Plate 3, Fig. B
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1004849
 
Citation: Hesemann, M., The Foraminifera.eu Database (2025). Accessed at http://www.foraminifera.eu on 2025-11-07. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.22727.11680/1