Turborotalia planispira DSDP Leg 47 Site 398,Portugal,,Pliocene,Neogene,, Foraminifera

Turborotalia planispira Broennimann and Resig, 1971

Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Globigerinana Order: Globorotaliida Family: Globorotaliidae

found in a core of DSDP Leg 47 Site 398

Site 398

off Biscaya and Iberia Portugal

Geological Time: Neogene Pliocene

the images are published under public domain in the below cited scientific report of the

IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Turborotalia planispira Broennimann and Resig, 1971

size about 200µm

The identification is based upon:

Iaccarino, S.; Salvatorini, G., 1979: Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Neogene and Quaternary sediments from Site 398, DSDP, Leg 47B. Ryan, W.B.F., Sibuet, J.-C., et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 47 Part 2 of the cruises of the drilling vessel Glomar Challenger, Vigo, Spain to Brest, France; April-May 1976. Plate 7, Fig. 19,20

dataset number: FEU-1008816

Citation:
Iaccarino, S.; Salvatorini, G., 1979: Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Neogene and Quaternary sediments from Site 398, DSDP, Leg 47B. Ryan, W.B.F., Sibuet, J.-C., et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 47 Part 2 of the cruises of the drilling vessel Glomar Challenger, Vigo, Spain to Brest, France; April-May 1976. Plate 7, Fig 19,20