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

 

found at about 5m waterdepth Sao Miguel

   Azores   Portugal

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

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

 

the identification is checked by M. Kucera

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Boudagher-Fadel, Marcelle K., 2013: Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera. (2nd ed.)  Office of the Vice Provost (Research), UCL: London, UK. 307 pp. Plate 41676, Fig. 9

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1008269