Globigerinoides altiaperturus Bolli, 1957       

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

found in a core of ODP Leg 159 Sites 959 to 962   off West Africa   off territorial waters   Site 959

Geological Time: Neogene  Miocene  Serravallian


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

View of a specimen of Globigerinoides altiaperturus Bolli, 1957

bar = 100µm
transitional to G. obliquus

The identification is based upon:
Norris, R.D., 1998: Planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy: eastern equatorial Atlantic. in Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159. Plate 2, Fig. 8