CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940
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Citation: Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940Rank: SpeciesType specimens: 25113Type age (chronostrat): AlbianType locality: Grayson Bluff, a high, southwest-facing bluff on Denton Creek, 3.5 miles northeast of Roanoke, 2 mi by road east of the Fort Worth-Denton highway, Denton County, TXType repository: Washington; USNM
Original Description Test tiny, in a low trochospiral spire of 2 volutions; chambers 6-7 in a whorl, increasing rapidly in size, bulbous; sutures distinct and constricted; wall calcareous, surface smooth; aperture opening into a deep umbilical excavation.
References:
Falzoni, F., Petrizzo, M. R., Jenkyns, H. C., Gale, A. S. & Tsikos, H. (2016). Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and assemblage composition across the Cenomanian–Turonian boundary interval at Clot Chevalier (Vocontian Basin, SE France). Cretaceous Research. 59: 69-97. gs
Tappan, H. (1940). Foraminifera from the Grayson formation of Northern Texas. Journal of Paleontology. 14(2): 93-126. gs
Globigerina planispira compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project teamviewed: 1-6-2023
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