CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Globigerina foliata Bolli 1957
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Original Description Shape of test low trochospiral ; equatorial periphery strongly lobate. Wall calcareous, perforate, siuface very finely pitted. Chambers spherical; 8 to 10, arranged in about 2 whorls; the 4 chambers of the last whorl increase very rapidly in size. Sutures on spiral side radial, deeply depressed; on umbilical side radial, deeply depressed. Umbilicus fairly small. Aperture a medium to low arch, often with a thin lip; interiomarginal, umbihcal. Coiling random. . Size: Largest diameter of holotype 0.56 mm Extra details from original publication Stratigraphic range (in Cipero and Lengua formations): Catapsydrax dissimilis zone to Globorotalia menardii zone
Remarks: Globigerina foliata, new species, is characterized by having almost discrete spherical chambers. The sutures between the four chambers of the last whorl are deeply incised.
References:
Bolli, H. M. (1957b). Planktonic foraminifera from the Oligocene-Miocene Cipero and Lengua formations of Trinidad, B.W.I. In, Loeblich, A. R. , Jr., Tappan, H., Beckmann, J. P., Bolli, H. M., Montanaro Gallitelli & E. Troelsen, J. C. (eds) Studies in Foraminifera. U.S. National Museum Bulletin . 215: 97-123. gsVO
Globigerina foliata compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project teamviewed: 29-5-2023
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