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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Orbulina petraea Giebel 1852

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Higher levels: pf_cat -> O -> Orbulina -> Orbulina petraea
Other pages this level: O. bituminosa, O. circularosuturalis, O. cornwallisi, O. foveolata, O. foveolata maculata , O. gemina, O. granulata, O. granulata areolata, O. granulata atra, O. granulata impressa, O. hirta, O. imperfecta, O. nitida, O. parva, O. petraea, O. quadrilobata alpha, O. quadrilobata incrusta, O. suturalis, O. trisphaerica, O. tuberculata, O. universa, O. universa aculeata, O. universa alpha, O. universa beta, O. universa bisphaerica, O. universa fulvoviolacea, O. universa parkerae, O. universa spinescens

Orbulina petraea

Citation: Orbulina petraea Giebel 1852
Taxonomic rank: species
Type sample (& lithostrat): clay (Baden, Leitersberg and Rohitsch), "Leithakalk" (Steinabrun) and "Salzthon" (Wieliczka).
Type age (chronostrat): Miocene;
Type locality: Baden, near Vienna, Austria. Other localities given: Leitersberg [Austria?], Rohitsch [Bohemia?], Steinabrun [Austria?] and Wieliczka [Poland] .
Type repository: Depository not given.

Current identification:


Original Description

[ d'Orbigny, 1846, loc. cit.] : "0. testa bullata, sphaerica, irregulariter minutssime perforata; apertura circulari. Diam. 1/ 2 mill.
"Cette espece ressemble tout-a-fait a une sphere, et sa forme trop simple a sans doute empeche de rencontrer des differences entre les individus fossiles et les individus vivants, ainsi qn'entre ceux des diverses mers.
"Diese Gattung aehnt ganz und gar einer Sphere, und wahrscheinlich hat ihr aeusserst einfacher Banverhindert, Unterschiede zwischen den fossilen und lebenden Individuen, so wie auch zwischen -denjenigen der ver schiedenen Meere vorznfinden."

References:

d'Orbigny, A. (1840). Mémoire sur les foraminiféres de la craie blanche du bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. 4(1): +34+-. gs

Giebel, C. G. A. (1852). Deutschlands Petrefacten, part 2. A. Abel, Leipzig. 169-706. gs


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