Psammosphaera irregularis Graupa,Germany,Turonian,Upper Cretaceous,Cretaceous,, Foraminifera

Psammosphaera irregularis (Grzybowski, 1896)

Class: Astrorhizata Subclass: Astrorhizana Order: Astrorhizida Family: Psammosphaeridae

found in a core at Graupa

Central European Highlands Germany

Geological Time: Cretaceous Upper Cretaceous Turonian

the image is contributed by

Richard M. Besen

View of a specimen of Psammosphaera irregularis (Grzybowski, 1896)

scale bar 100 µm

The identification is based upon:

, : Besen, R.M., Achilles, M., Alivernini, M., Voigt, T., Frenzel, P. and Struck, U. 2022. Stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments in the upper Turonian to lower Coniacian of the Saxonian Cretaceous Basin (Germany) – insights from calcareous and agglutinated foraminifers. Acta Geologica Polonica, 72 (2), 159–186. Warszawa. Plate Fig. 5, Fig. B

dataset number: FEU-1023497

Citation:
, : Besen, R.M., Achilles, M., Alivernini, M., Voigt, T., Frenzel, P. and Struck, U. 2022. Stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments in the upper Turonian to lower Coniacian of the Saxonian Cretaceous Basin (Germany) – insights from calcareous and agglutinated foraminifers. Acta Geologica Polonica, 72 (2), 159–186. Warszawa. Plate Fig. 5, Fig B