Cancris auricula  (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
 
Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Cancrisidae
 
found found in material from an outcrop at  Penedo Sul
   Iberian Peninsula   Portugal
 
Geological Time: Neogene  Miocene  Burdigalian
 
the specimen is photographed by Brian Ottway.
It is found and identified by
 
 

Diameter: 600µm
 
The identification is based upon:
 Papp, A., Schmidt, M.E., 1985: The Fossil Foraminifera of the Tertiary Basin of Vienna Revision of the monograph by Alcide d'Orbigny (1846). in Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Band 37.   Plate , Fig. 113
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1009619
 
Citation: Hesemann, M., The Foraminifera.eu Database (2024). Accessed at http://www.foraminifera.eu on 2024-03-28. doi: 10/dt5p