Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Stilostomellida  Family: Stilostomellidae

 

found at  Foula Subbasin

core slide 206/3-1, 6800-6820

   Norwegian Sea   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Cretaceous  Upper Cretaceous  Maastrichtian

Caudammina ovula/Remesella varians Zone

 

the image is made by Michael Hesemann and the specimen stored at

 

piece, which does not allow a more detailed identification

 

 

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 18, Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1013170