Class: Globothalamea   Subclass: Rotaliana   Order: Rotaliida   Family: Amphisteginidae

 

found on  Bonaire

in tsunami sediments

   Caribbean Sea and Bahamas   The Netherlands

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  

<br>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 2,  Fig. 4-5

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1005568