Class: Globothalamea  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Uvigerinidae

 

found at Mem Moniz

   Iberian Peninsula   Portugal

 

Geological Time: Neogene  Miocene  Tortonian

 

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:

 Murray, John W., 2003: An illustrated guide to the benthic foraminifera of the Hebridean shelf, west of Scotland, with notes on their mode of life. Palaeontologia Electronica, 5, (2), 
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/h 31 pp. Plate 10, Fig. 6