Spiroplecta americana (Ehrenberg, 1841)
 
Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Globigerinana  Order: Heterohelicida  Family: Heterohelicidae
 
found in material from  Miscellaneous Localities
      USA
 
Geological Time: Cretaceous  Upper Cretaceous  Santonian

the SEM image is provided by Dr.
 
 
View of a specimen of Spiroplecta americana (Ehrenberg, 1841)
 
The identification is based upon:
 Georgescu, M. D., 2013: Revised evolutionary systematics of the Cretaceous planktic foraminifera described by C.G. Ehrenberg micropaleontology, vol. 59, no. 1.  pages 1-49. Plate 1, Fig. 1
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1016919
 
 
Citation:
Georgescu, M. D., 2013: Revised evolutionary systematics of the Cretaceous planktic foraminifera described by C.G. Ehrenberg micropaleontology, vol. 59, no. 1. pages 1-49. Plate 1, Fig 1