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

 

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.

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Schweizer, Magali, 2006: Evolution and molecular phylogeny of Cibicides and Uvigerina (Rotaliida, Foraminifera). Geologica Ultraiectina, Vol. 261. University Utrecht  Plate 16, Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1005712