Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Cibicididae

 

found in rocks from the gravel-pit at Kücknitz,  Luebeck

   North European Plain   Germany

 

Geological Time: Paleogene  Eocene  

Heiligenhafener Kieselgestein

 

the image is made by Michael Hesemann,
the raw material is provided by

 

 

variant with big spiral boss

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1931: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 8. Rotaliidae, Amphisteginidae, Calcarinidae, Cymbaloporettidae, Globorotaliidae, Anomalinidae, Planorbulinidae, Rupertiidae and Homotremidae.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 22, Fig. 3-7

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1016443