Plectorecurvoides ODP Leg 149 Site 897,Portugal,Ypresian,Eocene,Paleogene,, Foraminifera

Plectorecurvoides sp. ---

Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Textulariana Order: Lituolida Family: Plectorecurvoididae

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 Plectorecurvoides sp. ---

size about 440µm

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. 3

dataset number: FEU-1008368

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 3