Class: Monothalamea  Subclass:   Order: Astrorhizida  Family: Saccamminidae

 

found at San Lawrenz

   Mediterranean   Malta

 

Geological Time: Neogene  Miocene  Langhian

 

the specimen was picked and photographed by Michael Hesemann
with assistance of Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt, the raw material is provided by

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1918: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 1. Astrorhizidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 20, Fig. 1-4

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1001521