Dorothia retusa (Cushman, 1926)       

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Textulariana  Order: Lituolida  Family: Verneuilinidae

found 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