Globorotalia scitula Oued Derdoussa,Algeria,,Miocene,Neogene,Lower Chelif Basin, Foraminifera

Globorotalia scitula (Brady, 1882)

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

found at Oued Derdoussa

North Africa Algeria

Geological Time: Neogene Miocene

Lower Chelif Basin

image and identification courtesy of Dr.

Mostapha Benzina

View of a specimen of Globorotalia scitula (Brady, 1882)

scale bar 100 µm

The identification is based upon:

, : Benzina, M.; Hebib, H.; Bensalah, M. (2019). New insights in late Miocene lower Chelif basin biostratigraphy based on planktonic foraminifera (Algeria). Revue de Micropaléontologie, Volume 62, Issue 1. Pages 9-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2018.10.005 Plate 2, Fig. 5-6

dataset number: FEU-1024061

Citation:
, : Benzina, M.; Hebib, H.; Bensalah, M. (2019). New insights in late Miocene lower Chelif basin biostratigraphy based on planktonic foraminifera (Algeria). Revue de Micropaléontologie, Volume 62, Issue 1. Pages 9-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2018.10.005 Plate 2, Fig 5-6