Planoheterohelix planata Miscellaneous Localities,none,Maastrichtian,Upper Cretaceous,Cretaceous,, Foraminifera

Planoheterohelix planata (Cushman, 1938)

Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Globigerinana Order: Heterohelicida Family: Heterohelicidae

found in material from the Miscellaneous Localities

Maud Rise

Weddell Sea none

Geological Time: Cretaceous Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian

the SEM image is provided by Dr.

M. Dan Georgescu

View of a specimen of Planoheterohelix planata (Cushman, 1938)

The identification is based upon:

Georgescu, M. D., Saupe, E. E., Huber, B. T., 2009: Morphometric and stratophenetic basis for phylogeny and taxonomy in Late Cretaceous gublerinid planktonic foraminifera. micropaleontology, vol. 54, no. 5 page 397-424. Plate 3, Fig. 1

dataset number: FEU-1016462

Citation:
Georgescu, M. D., Saupe, E. E., Huber, B. T., 2009: Morphometric and stratophenetic basis for phylogeny and taxonomy in Late Cretaceous gublerinid planktonic foraminifera. micropaleontology, vol. 54, no. 5 page 397-424. Plate 3, Fig 1