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: Spirillina minima
Type images:
Wall composition:
| TEST: discoidal, planispiral, trochospiral, APERTURE: circular, |
| Final whorl chambers: 2->2 |
Geographic distribution
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Albian Stage (100.50-113.20Ma, top in Albian stage). Data source: [Kochhann et al. in press - JFR]
First occurrence (base): within Cretaceous Period (66.04-143.10Ma, base in Berriasian stage). Data source: [Holbourn & Kaminski 1997]
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
Bartenstein, H. & Kovatcheva, T. (1982). A comparison of Aptian foraminifera in Bulgaria and North West Germany. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 75: 621-667. gs Holbourn, A. E. L. & Kaminski, M. A. (1997). Lower Cretaceous benthic foraminifera of the Indian Ocean. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication. 4: 1-172. gs Schacko, G. (1892). Foraminiferen und Ostracoden aus Kreide von Moltzow. Archiv des Vereins der Freunde der Naturgeschichte in Mecklenburg. 45: 155-160. gs Weidich, K. (1990). Die kalkalpine Unterkreide und ihre Foraminiferenfauna. Zitteliana. 17: 1-312. gsReferences:

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