Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeri Green Canyon,USA,recent,Holocene,Quaternary,, Foraminifera

Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeri (Silvestri, 1904)

Class: Miliolata Subclass: Miliolana Order: Miliolida Family: Hauerinidae

found on the bottom of the Green Canyon

Gulf of Mexico USA

Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent

View of a specimen of Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeri (Silvestri, 1904)

scale bar 50 µm

The identification is based upon:

Sen Gupta, B.K., M.K. Lobegeier, and L.E. Smith., 2009: Foraminiferal Communities of Bathyal Hydrocarbon Seeps, Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Taxonomic, Ecologic, and Geologic Study. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2009-013 Plate 164, Fig. 1

dataset number: FEU-1025011

Citation:
Sen Gupta, B.K., M.K. Lobegeier, and L.E. Smith., 2009: Foraminiferal Communities of Bathyal Hydrocarbon Seeps, Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Taxonomic, Ecologic, and Geologic Study. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2009-013 Plate 164, Fig 1