Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Rosalinidae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the images are picked and made by Michael Hesemann, the raw material was provided by Leon Hoffman,

 

 

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14704-1 (246m depth)

 

The identification is based upon:

 Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1994: Foraminifera of the Sahul Shelf and Timor Sea.  Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication 31. 661 pp. Plate 285, Fig. 1-10

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018845