Globorotalia puncticulata (Deshayes, 1832)       

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

found in a core of ODP Leg 154 Sites 925 to 929   off Brazil   Brazil   Site 925

Geological Time: Neogene  Pliocene  Piacenzian


the images are published under public domain in the below cited scientific report of the IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Globorotalia puncticulata (Deshayes, 1832)


The identification is based upon:
Chaisson, W.P., and Pearson, P.N., 1997: Planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy at Site 925: middle Miocene–Pleistocene. Shackleton, N.J., Curry, W.B., Richter, C., and Bralower, T.J. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 154: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 3–31. Plate 2, Fig. 14