Cassidulina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1826
 
Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Cassidulinidae
 
found at  Djebel Meni
   North Africa   Algeria
 
Geological Time: Neogene  Miocene  Messinian
Lower Chelif Basin
image and identification courtesy of Dr.
 
 
View of a specimen of Cassidulina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1826
scale bar 100 µm
 
The identification is based upon:
 , : Benzina, M.; Hebib, H.; Ziouit, K.; Bensalah, M. (2022). Paleoenvironmental conditions preceding the Messinian salinity crisis in Lower Chelif Basin based on benthic foraminifera (Northwestern Algeria); A case study of Djebel Meni section. Journal of African Earth Sciences 192 (2022) 104539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104539    Plate 1, Fig. 5
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1024481
 
 
Citation:
, : Benzina, M.; Hebib, H.; Ziouit, K.; Bensalah, M. (2022). Paleoenvironmental conditions preceding the Messinian salinity crisis in Lower Chelif Basin based on benthic foraminifera (Northwestern Algeria); A case study of Djebel Meni section. Journal of African Earth Sciences 192 (2022) 104539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104539 Plate 1, Fig 5