Pyrgo murrhina ODP Leg 149 Site 898,Portugal,,Pleistocene,Quaternary,, Foraminifera

Pyrgo murrhina (Schwager, 1866)

Class: Miliolata Subclass: Miliolana Order: Miliolida Family: Hauerinidae

found in a core of ODP Leg 149 Site 898

Site 898

off Biscaya and Iberia Portugal

Geological Time: Quaternary Pleistocene

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

IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Pyrgo murrhina (Schwager, 1866)

The identification is based upon:

Collins, E.S., Scott, D.B. and Zhang, J., 1996: Quaternary and Neogene Benthic Foraminifers from Sites 898 and 900, Iberia Abyssal Plain. 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-1008394

Citation:
Collins, E.S., Scott, D.B. and Zhang, J., 1996: Quaternary and Neogene Benthic Foraminifers from Sites 898 and 900, Iberia Abyssal Plain. 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