Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Globigerinana  Order: Globigerinida  Family: Globigerinidae

 

found in core MD95-2040 from the Oporto Seamount

   off Biscaya and Iberia   Portugal

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Pleistocene  

the age of the core ranges from present to 340ka

 

the SEM-image is contributed by Dr.

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Bolli, H. M., Saunders, K. Perch-Nielsen, editors, 1985: Plankton stratigraphy  Cambridge University Press 599 pp. Plate 20, Fig. 15

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1005690