Protentella prolixa ODP Leg 159 Sites 959 to 962,off territorial waters,,Miocene,Neogene,, Foraminifera

Protentella prolixa Lipps, 1964

Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Globigerinana Order: Globigerinida Family: Catapsydracidae

found in a core of ODP Leg 159 Sites 959 to 962

Site 959

off West Africa off territorial waters

Geological Time: Neogene Miocene

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

IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Protentella prolixa Lipps, 1964

bar = 100µm

The identification is based upon:

Norris, R.D., 1998: Planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy: eastern equatorial Atlantic. in Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159. Plate 5, Fig. 15

dataset number: FEU-1009450

Citation:
Norris, R.D., 1998: Planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy: eastern equatorial Atlantic. in Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159. Plate 5, Fig 15