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: Asterigerina crassaformls
NB These concise distinguishing features statements are used in the tables of daughter-taxa to act as quick summaries of the differences between e.g. species of one genus.
Wall composition:
| Final whorl chambers: 0->0 |
Bathymetry remarks
Geological Range:
Notes: Rare to abundant from Early Paleocene (Zone P1) into the Eocene [Tjalsma & Lohmann 1983]
Last occurrence (top): within Eocene Epoch (33.89-55.96Ma, top in Priabonian stage). Data source: Tjalsma & Lohmann 1983
First occurrence (base): within P1 zone (62.60-65.72Ma, base in Danian stage). Data source: Tjalsma & Lohmann 1983
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: Tjalsma & Lohmann 1983, p.17
Bolli, H. M., Beckmann, J. P. & Saunders, J. B. (1994). Benthic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the South Caribbean Region. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 1-408. gs Cushman, J. A. & Siegfus, S. S. (1935). New species of foraminifera from the Kreyenhagen Shale of Fresno County, California. Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. 11(4): 90-95. gs Hillebrandt, A. von (1962). Das Paleozan und seine Foraminiferenauna im Becken von Reichenhall und Salzburg. Abhandlungen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 108: 1-182. gs Hofker, J. (1956e). Tertiary foraminifera of coastal Ecuador- Part II Additional notes on the Eocene species. Journal of Paleontology. 30: 891-958. gs Tjalsma, R. C. & Lohmann, G. P. (1983). Paleocene–Eocene bathyal and abyssal benthic foraminifera from the Atlantic Ocean. Micropaleontology. 4: 1-90. gsReferences:

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