Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Nodosariana  Order: Stilostomellida  Family: Stilostomellidae

 

found found in material from an outcrop at  Penedo Sul

   Iberian Peninsula   Portugal

 

Geological Time: Neogene  Miocene  Burdigalian

 

the specimen is photographed by Brian Ottway.
It is found and identified by

 

 

Length: 1325µm

 

The identification is based upon:

 Hayward, B W. et al., 2012: The last global extinction (Mid-Pleistocene) of deep-sea benthic foraminifera (Chrysalogoniidae, Ellipsoidinidae, Glandulonodosariidae, Plectofrondiculariidae, Pleursostomellidae, Stilostomellidae), their Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic history and taxonomy  Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication No. 43 408 pp. Plate , Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1009629