Hormosina ovuloides (Grzybowski, 1901)
Class: Nodosariata Subclass: Hormosinana Order: Hormosinida Family: Hormosinidaefound ODP Leg 149 off Biscaya and Iberia Portugal Site 900
Geological Time: Paleogene Paleocene
the images are published under public domain in the below cited scientific report of the IODP, ODP and DSDP
View of a specimen of Hormosina ovuloides (Grzybowski, 1901)
size about 470µm
The identification is based upon:
Kuhnt, W. and Collins, E.S., 1996: Cretaceous to Paleogene benthic foraminifers from the Iberia abyssal plain. in in Whitmarsh, R.B., Sawyer, D.S., Klaus, A., and Masson, D.G. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 149: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). Plate 1, Fig. 8
dataset number: FEU-1008373