Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Elphidiida  Family: Elphidiidae

 

found at the bottom of the  Gullmar Fjord

S65142B

   Greater North Sea   Sweden

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen was picked and photographed with the Vega3 Tescan SEM of Senckenberg am Meer by Michael Hesemann, the raw material was provided and the identification was done by Dr.

 

 

with attached diatoms

 

The identification is based upon:

 , : Weiss, L. (1954). Foraminifera and origin of the Gardiners clay (Pleistocene), eastern Long Island, New York. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers. 254- G: 143-163.    Plate , Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1024753