Globorotalia crassaformis ODP Leg 159 Sites 959 to 962,off territorial waters,,,Neogene,, Foraminifera

Globorotalia crassaformis (Galloway & Wissler, 1927)

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

found in a core of ODP Leg 159 Sites 959 to 962

off West Africa off territorial waters

Site 959

Geological Time: Neogene

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 crassaformis (Galloway & Wissler, 1927)

bar = 100µm

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 3, Fig. 5

dataset number: FEU-1009400

Citation:
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 3, Fig 5