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Current identification/main database link: Dicarinella primitiva (Dalbiez, 1955)
See also: Globotruncana (Praeglobotruncana) renzi primitiva - original name, and description;
Original Description
For: Globotruncana (Praeglobotruncana) renzi Gandolfi-Thalmann subsp. primitiva Küpper, 1956, Contr. Cushman Found. Foram. Research, vol. 7, pI. 8, fig. 2, Upper Cenomanian, California
[non Globotruncana (Globotruncana) ventricosa White subsp. primitiva Dalbiez, 1955, Micropaleontologist, vol. 1, p. 168, text fig. 6, Upper Coqiacian, Tunisia].
Klaus Küpper's subspecies is herewith elevated to species rank and named after him in order to perpetuate the memory of a young, highly promising, and enthusiastic scientist who had to die much too early.
Editors' Notes
Küpper, K. (1956). Upper Cretaceous Pelagic Foraminifera from the "Antelope Shale", Glenn and Colusa Counties, California. Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research. 7(2): 40-47. gs Thalmann, H. E. (1959). New names for foraminiferal homonyms. Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research. 10(4): 130-. gs References:

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Globotruncana kuepperi compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 18-7-2026
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Comments (2)
Globotruncana kuepperi is a nomen novum for Globotruncana (Praeglobotruncana) renzi subsp. primitiva Küpper, 1956 not Globotruncana (Globotruncana) ventricosa subsp. primitiva Dalbiez 1955
Maybe they were homonyms and synonyms?
I have clarified this somewhat but I don't have the references to resolve this entirely, another one for Brian. Jeremy