Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliolana  Order: Miliolida  Family: Hauerinidae

 

found on Bonaire

in tsunami sediments

   Caribbean Sea and Bahamas   The Netherlands

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  

3400 a BP (and younger)

 

image provided and classified by Dr. Peter Frenzel and

 

lateral view

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Javaux, E.J., Scott, D.B., 2003: Illustration of modern benthic Foraminifera from Bermuda and remarks on distribution in other subtropical/tropical areas. Palaeontologia Electronica, 6, (2),  29 pp. Plate 4, Fig. 15

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1005584