Globorotalia merotumida ODP Leg 130 Site 806,Micronesia (FSM),Tortonian,Miocene,Neogene,, Foraminifera

Globorotalia merotumida Blow and Banner, 1965

Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Globigerinana Order: Globorotaliida Family: Globorotaliidae

found in a core of ODP Leg 130 Site 806

Micronesia + Philippine Basin Micronesia (FSM)

Site 806

Geological Time: Neogene Miocene Tortonian

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

IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Globorotalia merotumida Blow and Banner, 1965

exact size see reference, about 500µm +/- 250µm

The identification is based upon:

Chaisson, W.P., and Leckie, R.M., 1993: High-resolution Neogene planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy of Site 806, Ontong Java Plateau (western equatorial Pacific). Berger, W.H., Kroenke, L.W., Mayer, L.A., et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 130: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 137−178. Plate 7, Fig. 12

dataset number: FEU-1009546

Citation:
Chaisson, W.P., and Leckie, R.M., 1993: High-resolution Neogene planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy of Site 806, Ontong Java Plateau (western equatorial Pacific). Berger, W.H., Kroenke, L.W., Mayer, L.A., et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 130: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 137−178. Plate 7, Fig 12