Globigerinoides kennetti DSDP Leg 63,Mexico,,Pliocene,Neogene,, Foraminifera

Globigerinoides kennetti Keller and Poore, 1980

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

found in a core of DSDP Leg 63

Site 470

off California and Mexico Mexico

Geological Time: Neogene Pliocene

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

IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Globigerinoides kennetti Keller and Poore, 1980

bar = 100µm

The identification is based upon:

Poore, R.Z., 1981: Miocene through Quaternary planktonic foraminifers from offshore southern California and Baja California. Orlofsky, S. et al., Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 63 Publisher: Texas A & M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United States P. 415–436 Plate 3, Fig. 7+8

dataset number: FEU-1009610

Citation:
Poore, R.Z., 1981: Miocene through Quaternary planktonic foraminifers from offshore southern California and Baja California. Orlofsky, S. et al., Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 63 Publisher: Texas A & M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United States P. 415–436 Plate 3, Fig 7+8