Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Textulariana  Order: Spiroplectamminida  Family: Spiroplectamminidae

 

found at Calvert Cliffs

 

   East Coast   USA

 

Bed 4-9

Geological Time: Neogene  Miocene  Burdigalian

 

Calvert Formation

the raw material is contributed by Yasemin Tulu, John Nance and Dr. Stephen J. Godfrey from the

 

 

View of a specimen of Spiroplectinella sp. ---

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Snyder, S. W. et. al., 1988: Benthic foraminifera and paleoecology of Miocene Pungo River Formation sediments in Onslow Bay, North Carolina continental shelf. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication 25   Plate 1, Fig. 1-2

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1001889