Nuttallides truempyi ODP Leg 149 Site 897,Portugal,,Eocene,Paleogene,, Foraminifera

Nuttallides truempyi Nuttall, 1930

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

found ODP Leg 149 Site 897

Site 897

off Biscaya and Iberia Portugal

Geological Time: Paleogene Eocene

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

IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Nuttallides truempyi Nuttall, 1930

size about 420µm

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 2, Fig. 14

dataset number: FEU-1008391

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 2, Fig 14