Class: Globothalamea   Subclass: Rotaliana   Order: Rotaliida   Family: Uvigerinidae

 

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:

 Schweizer, Magali,  2006:  Evolution and molecular phylogeny of Cibicides and Uvigerina (Rotaliida, Foraminifera).  Geologica Ultraiectina, Vol. 261.  University Utrecht    Plate 16,  Fig. 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1005712