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Linked specimens: USNM-5055
Current identification/main database link: Morozovella gracilis (Bolli 1957)
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Remarks: Globorotalia formosa gracilis Bolli, new species, new subspecies, differs from the related G. aequa Cushman and Renz in possessing a more distinct but thinner peripheral keel and more chambers in the last whorl. G. formosa gracilis is regarded as the ancestor of G. formosa formosa Bolli, new species, new subspecies.
Berggren, W. A. & Pearson, P. N. (2006a). Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of Eocene Morozovella. 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 11): 343-376. gs O Bolli, H. M. (1957d). The genera Globigerina and Globorotalia in the Paleocene-Lower Eocene Lizard Springs Formation 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: 61-82. gs References:

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