Marssonella trochus (d'Orbigny, 1840)       2   more

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Textulariana  Order: Textulariida  Family: Eggerellidae

found at the chalk complexes at the cliffs of the Jasmund Peninsula,
Ruegen Jasmund   North European Plain   Germany   

Geological Time: Cretaceous  Upper Cretaceous  Maastrichtian
Lower Maastrichtian

image provided and classification done by: Peter Frenzel

View of a specimen of Marssonella trochus (d'Orbigny, 1840)

Length 820µm; Width 610µm

The identification is based upon:
Frenzel, Peter, 2000: Die benthischen Foraminiferen der Rügener Schreibkreide (Unter-Maastrichtium, NE-Deutschland). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen, 3:
Order at CPress Verlag Dresden, Germany. Dresden 361 pp. Plate 5, Fig. 6