Globorotalia zealandica ODP Leg 130 Site 806,Micronesia (FSM),,Miocene,Neogene,, Foraminifera

Globorotalia zealandica Hornibrook, 1958

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

found in a core of ODP Leg 130 Site 806

Site 806

Micronesia + Philippine Basin Micronesia (FSM)

Geological Time: Neogene Miocene

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 zealandica Hornibrook, 1958

Height about 270µm

The identification is based upon:

Chaisson, W.P., and Leckie, R.M., 1993: High-resolution Neogene planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy of Site 806, Ontong Java Plateau (western equatorial Pacific). Berger, W.H., Kroenke, L.W., Mayer, L.A., et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 130: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 137−178. Plate 4, Fig. 13-14

dataset number: FEU-1009509

Citation:
Chaisson, W.P., and Leckie, R.M., 1993: High-resolution Neogene planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy of Site 806, Ontong Java Plateau (western equatorial Pacific). Berger, W.H., Kroenke, L.W., Mayer, L.A., et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 130: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 137−178. Plate 4, Fig 13-14