This species was described by Blow and Banner (1962) from Tanzania. The holotype was illustrated in SEM by Pearson and Wade (2015) for the first time, along with a range of comparable specimens from drill sites in Tanzania. The species is generally quite rare, but has been reliably recorded from the lower Oligocene from all the major ocean basins. [Wade et al. 2018]
Catalog entries: Globigerina tripartita tapuriensis
Type images:Distinguishing features: 3 compressed chambers in final whorl.
Umbilicus elliptical, deep; with thin lip.
Wall type: Cancellate and probably spinose in life. [Wade et al. 2018]
Morphology: Test large, chambers globular, arranged in a moderate trochospiral, outline oval, chambers moderately to strongly radially compressed; in spiral view 3, occasionally up to 3½ appressed and embracing chambers in final whorl, increasing rapidly in size, sutures straight to slightly curved, weakly depressed; in umbilical view 3, occasionally up to 3½ globular and appressed chambers in final whorl, increasing rapidly in size, sutures incised, straight or slightly curved, umbilicus wide, oval, and deep; aperture umbilical, a wide arch, centrally placed usually with a thin lip of constant thickness; in edge view chambers globular in shape, embracing, the final chamber leaning over the umbilicus. [Wade et al. 2018]
Size: Maximum of holotype 0.73 mm. [Wade et al. 2018]
Character matrix
test outline: | Lobate | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | Equally biconvex | aperture: | Umbilical |
sp chamber shape: | Globular | coiling axis: | Moderate | periphery: | N/A | aperture border: | Thin lip |
umb chbr shape: | Globular | umbilicus: | Narrow | periph margin shape: | Broadly rounded | accessory apertures: | None |
spiral sutures: | Moderately depressed | umb depth: | Deep | wall texture: | Cancellate | shell porosity: | Finely Perforate: 1-2.5µm |
umbilical or test sutures: | Strongly depressed | final-whorl chambers: | 0.0-0.0 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable |
Geographic distribution: Global in low to mid-latitudes. [Wade et al. 2018]
Isotope paleobiology: No data available. [Wade et al. 2018]
Phylogenetic relations: Blow (1969) suggested an evolutionary lineage from tripartita – tapuriensis – sellii – binaiensis. While we agree with the tapuriensis – sellii – binaiensis evolutionary line, we now regard D. galavisi as the more likely ancestral form evolving through the intermediate D. taci. [Wade et al. 2018]
Most likely ancestor: Dentoglobigerina galavisi - at confidence level 2 (out of 5). Data source: Wade et al. 2018.
Likely descendants: Dentoglobigerina sellii;
Geological Range:
Notes: This species ranges through the entire Oligocene. Most authors have regarded it as originating in the basal Oligocene, but Wade and Pearson (2008) and Pearson and Wade (2015) recorded its lowest occurrence in the uppermost Eocene (Zone E15/E16). Spezzaferri and Premoli Silva (1991) recorded its highest occurrence in Subzone P21b. However, one of the specimens illustrated by Leckie and others (1993), on their pl. 5, fig. 14, is from upper Oligocene Zone P22, and we have observed and here illustrate specimens from Zone O7 of the western North Atlantic Ocean. [Wade et al. 2018]
Last occurrence (top): within O7 zone (22.96-25.21Ma, top in Aquitanian stage). Data source: Wade et al. 2018
First occurrence (base): within E16 zone (33.90-34.68Ma, base in Priabonian stage). Data source: Wade et al. 2018
Plot of occurrence data:
Primary source for this page: Wade et al. 2018 - Olig Atlas chap.11 p.367;
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