Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliolana  Order: Miliolida  Family: Hauerinidae

 

found on Bonaire

in tsunami sediments

   Caribbean Sea and Bahamas   The Netherlands

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  

3400 a BP (and younger)

 

image provided and classified by Dr. Peter Frenzel and

 

 

apertural view

 

The identification is based upon:

 Brooks, Warren W., 1973: Distribution of Recent Foraminifera from the Southern Coast of Puerto Rico micropaleontology Volume 19 Number 4, October, 1973 Micropress, New York pages 385-416 Plate 3, Fig. 1-3

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1005581