Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Globigerinana  Order: Globorotaliida  Family: Globorotaliidae

 

found in core MD95-2040 from the Oporto Seamount

 

   off Biscaya and Iberia   Portugal

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Pleistocene  

 

the age of the core ranges from present to 340ka

the SEM-image is contributed by Dr.

 

View of a specimen of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (Ehrenberg, 1861)

 

ultrastructure

 

The identification is based upon:

 Hemleben, Ch., Spindler, M., and Anderson, O.R., 1989: Modern Planktonic Foraminifera.  Springer Verlag 363 pp. Plate 2.4., Fig. g

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1005703