Catalog - Globorotalia cushmani Catalog - Globorotalia cushmani

CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Globorotalia cushmani Morrow 1934

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Higher levels: pf_cat -> G -> Globorotalia -> Globorotalia cushmani
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Globorotalia cushmani

Citation: Globorotalia cushmani Morrow 1934
Taxonomic rank: species
Type specimens: 75377
Type age (chronostrat): Cenomanian
Type locality: Sec. 31, T. 21 S., R. 31 W., Hodgeman County, KS
Type repository: Washington; USNM

Linked specimens: USNM-75377 USNM-75377

Current identification/main database link: Rotalipora cushmani (Morrow, 1934)


Original Description

Test trochoid, dorsal side moderately convex with chambers flattened or slightly inflated, dorsal sutures roundly curving, producing a scalloped periphery; the anterior margin sometimes raised slightly, ventral side strongly convex with the chambers strongly inflated, sutures deeply grooved and nearly radiate; only the last whorl, or 4-6 chambers visible, the periphery sharply rounded and thickened into a narrow rim.

References:

Morrow, A. L. (1934). Foraminifera and ostracoda from the Upper Cretaceous of Kansas. Journal of Paleontology. 8: 186-205. gs

Robaszynski, F., Caron, M. & le Groupe de Travail Européen des Foraminifères Planctoniques (1979). Atlas des Foraminiféres Planctoniques du Crétace Moyen (Mer Boréale et Téthys). Cahiers de Micropaléontologie. 1 & 2: 1-185. gs


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