Glomospira charoides ODP Leg 149 Site 897,Portugal,Ypresian,Eocene,Paleogene,, Foraminifera

Glomospira charoides (Jones and Parker, 1860)

Class: Spirillinata Subclass: Ammodiscana Order: Spirillinida Family: Ammodiscidae

found ODP Leg 149 Site 897

Site 897

off Biscaya and Iberia Portugal

Geological Time: Paleogene Eocene Ypresian

the images are published under public domain in the below cited scientific report of the

IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Glomospira charoides (Jones and Parker, 1860)

size about 220µm

The identification is based upon:

Kuhnt, W. and Collins, E.S., 1996: Cretaceous to Paleogene benthic foraminifers from the Iberia abyssal plain. in Whitmarsh, R.B., Sawyer, D.S., Klaus, A., and Masson, D.G. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 149: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). Plate 1, Fig. 2

dataset number: FEU-1008367

Citation:
Kuhnt, W. and Collins, E.S., 1996: Cretaceous to Paleogene benthic foraminifers from the Iberia abyssal plain. in Whitmarsh, R.B., Sawyer, D.S., Klaus, A., and Masson, D.G. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 149: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). Plate 1, Fig 2