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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Globigerinoides higginsi Bolli 1957

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Globigerinoides higginsi

Citation: Globigerinoides higginsi Bolli 1957
Taxonomic rank: species
Type specimens: Holotype (USNM P5720) Figured paratypes (USNM P5721a, b)
Type age (chronostrat): Globorotalia palmerae zone to Globigerapsis kugleri zone
Type locality: Locality: Holotype (USNM P5720) from an Eocene core, lat. 30° 43' N., long. 62° 28' W.; depth of water 1,554 meters; depth of sample in core, 120-122 cm. Figured paratypes (USNM P5721a, b) from the Hantkenina aragonensis zone, Navet formation; outcrop on left side of right branch of Nariva River, about 450 feet from its junction, Central Range, Trinidad (coordinates N:3 14300 links ; E :487360 links) ; sample K 9077 (TTOC 178166).
Type repository: Washington; USNM

Linked specimens: USNM-5720 USNM-5721 USNM-5721

Current identification:


Original Description

Shape of test high trochospiral; equatorial periphery distinctly lobate. Wall calcareous, perforate, surface finely pitted, in well-preserved specimens with very minute spines. Chambers spherical, later ones often somewhat ovate, 12 - 15, arranged in about 2.5 whorls; the last whorl of about 4 chambers increasing moderately in size, the ultimate chamber may be smaller than the penultimate one (see fig. 12). Sutures on spiral side radial, deeply incised; on the umbilical side radial, deeply incised. Umbilicus narrow, deep. Primary aperture a high arch, interiomarginal-umbilical; in well-preserved specimens a supplementary sutural aperture is seen between earlier chamber of the last whorl. Coiling random in the Globorotalia palmerae zone; a preference for dextral coiling of over 90% in the Hantkenina aragonensis and Globigerinapsis kugleri zones, Navet formation."

Size:
Largest diameter of holotype (fig. 11 a-b) 0.5 mm.

Etymology:
The species is named for Mr. G. E. Higgins, senior exploration geologist of The Trinidad Oil Company

Extra details from original publication
Stratigraphic range: Globorotalia palmerae zone to Globigerapsis kugleri zone, Navet formation.

Remarks
: According to the generic definition of Globigerinoides, "Globigerinoides" higginsi, new species, should be included here. This is only done provisionally because no genetic relation is apparent between this lower-middle Eocene form and the main group of Globigerinoides species which appears only at the close of the Oligocene or in the early Miocene. More detailed studies on well preserved material might reveal differences that justify a generic separation of "Globigerinoides" higginsi from Globigerinoides. It has been thought that "Globigerinoides" higginsi might possibly be the ancestor of the Globigerapsis group. However, it differs from Globigerapsis index (Finlay), which is the oldest representative of that genus, in the possession of a large umbilical aperture, higher spire, and more globular chambers.

Through the courtesy of Dr. A. R. Loeblich, U. S. National Museum, an excellently preserved specimen from an Eocene core from the Atlantic Ocean was made available to the author (pi. 36, figs, lla-b). It possesses two sutural supplementary apertures, and the surface is covered with very minute spines. It has been chosen as the holotype.

References:

Bolli, H. M. (1957a). Planktonic foraminifera from the Eocene Navet and San Fernando formations of Trinidad. 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: 155-172. gs

Bolli, H. M., Loeblich, A. R. & Tappan, H. (1957). Planktonic foraminiferal families Hantkeninidae, Orbulinidae, Globorotaliidae and Globotruncanidae. 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: 3-50. gs

Olsson, R. K., Pearson, P. N. & Huber, B. T. (2006c). Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of Eocene Catapsydrax, Globorotaloides, Guembelitrioides, Paragloborotalia, Parasubbotina, and Pseudoglobigerinella n. gen. In, Pearson, P. N., Olsson, R. K., Hemleben, C., Huber, B. T. & Berggren, W. A. (eds) Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication . 41(Chap 5): 67-110. gs O


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