Globigerina umbilicata DSDP Leg 63,Mexico,,Pliocene,Neogene,, Foraminifera

Globigerina umbilicata Orr and Zaitzeff, 1971

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

found in a core of DSDP Leg 63

Site 467

off California and Mexico Mexico

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 Globigerina umbilicata Orr and Zaitzeff, 1971

bar = 100µm

The identification is based upon:

Poore, R.Z., 1981: Miocene through Quaternary planktonic foraminifers from offshore southern California and Baja California. Orlofsky, S. et al., Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 63 Publisher: Texas A & M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United States P. 415–436 Plate 4, Fig. 7+8

dataset number: FEU-1009611

Citation:
Poore, R.Z., 1981: Miocene through Quaternary planktonic foraminifers from offshore southern California and Baja California. Orlofsky, S. et al., Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 63 Publisher: Texas A & M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United States P. 415–436 Plate 4, Fig 7+8