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

 

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

 

umbilical view

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Hayward, B W, Grenfell, H R, Sabaa, A.T, Neil, H.L, Buzas, M.A., 2010: Recent New Zealand deep-water benthic foraminifera: Taxonomy, ecologic distribution, biogeography, and use in paleoenvironmental assessment  Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences monograph 26. 363 pp. Plate 19, Fig. 41751

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1007912