NB This site is under active development, current content in the main database is primarily from Bolli et al 1994, Hayward et al. 2012, Holbourn et al. 2013, Holbourn and Kaminski 1997, Alegret & Thomas 2001, and Katz et al. 2003. It is intended to expand and develop this to provide rather comprehensive coverage of Mesozoic and Cenozoic deep-sea benthic foraminifera.
Catalog entries: Trochammina (Hormosina) carpenteri, Hormosina carpenteri
Type images:
Morphology:
Wall composition:
| TEST: elongate-cylindrical, separated chambers, uniserial, APERTURE: circular, terminal, produced, |
| Final whorl chambers: 1->1 |
Geographic distribution
Bathymetry remarks
Geological Range:
Notes: Late Paleocene to Recent (Jones, 1994).
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Holbourn et al. 2013
First occurrence (base): within Late Paleocene Sub-Epoch (55.96-59.24Ma, base in Thanetian stage). Data source: Holbourn et al. 2013
Plot of occurrence data:
NB The ranges given for genera and higher taxa are the total ranges of species included in that taxon in this database - so the true total range of the taxon will usually be longer
Primary source for this page: Holbourn et al. 2013
Barker, R. W. (1960). Taxonomic notes on the species figured by H.B. Brady in his report on the foraminifera dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. SEPM Special Publication. 9: 1-238. gs Brady, H. B. (1881a). Notes on some of the reticularian Rhizopoda of the Challenger Expedition, Part III. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 21: 31-71. gs Brady, H. B. (1884). Report on the foraminifera dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. 9: 1-814. gs Jones, R. W. (1994). The Challenger Foraminifera. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1-149. gsReferences:

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Hormosinella carpenteri compiled by the bforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 18-6-2026
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