Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Textulariana  Order: Lituolida  Family: Lituotubidae

 

found at Luz

Praia da Luz, eastern part

   Iberian Peninsula   Portugal

 

Geological Time: Cretaceous  Lower Cretaceous  Aptian

 

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:

 Kaminski, M.A., Gradstein, F.M. et. al., 2005: Atlas of Paleogene Cosmopolitan Deep-water Agglutinated Foraminifera.    Plate 59-60, Fig. all

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1005403