Dorothia retusa (Cushman, 1926)Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Textulariana Order: Lituolida Family: Verneuilinidaefound in the road section of Contessa Mediterranean Italy Geological Time: Paleogene Paleocene Thanetian image courtesy of Michael A. Kaminski Special Publications Editor of The Grzybowski Foundation IWAF6 View of a specimen of Dorothia retusa (Cushman, 1926) size between 0,3-1,3mm, consult source on exact data The identification is based upon: Galeotti, S., Kaminski, M.A., Coccioni, R., Speijer, R.P., 2004: High-resolution Deep-Water Agglutinated Foraminiferal record across the Paleocene/Eocene transition in the Contessa Road Section (central Italy). in Bubik, M., Kaminski, M.A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 8. pages 83-103 Plate 4, Fig. 13 ![]() |
![]() dataset number: FEU-1009728 |