Class: Globothalamea   Subclass: Rotaliana   Order: Rotaliida   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:

 Hemleben, Ch., Spindler, M., and Anderson, O.R.,  1989:  Modern Planktonic Foraminifera.    Springer Verlag  363 pp.  Plate 2.3.,  Fig. n-o

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1005709