pforams@mikrotax - Chiloguembelina cubensis

Citation: Chiloguembelina cubensis (Palmer 1934)

Synonyms:

Guembelina cubensis Palmer, 1934:74, text-figs. 1-6 [lower Oligocene, Palmer Station well 1163, Santa Clara Province, Cuba].
Chiloguembelina cubensis (Palmer).—Beckmann, 1957:89, pl. 21, fig. 21, text-fig. 14 (5-8) [lower Oligocene, Cipero Fm., San Fernando, Trinidad].—Hornibrook, 1990:368, pl. 1, figs. 2-11 [lower and upper Oligocene, Cuba, Chatham Rise, Chatham Island, and New Zealand].—Spezzaferri and Premoli Silva, 1991:237, pl. 10, figs. 5a-9b [lower Oligocene Zones P20-P21a, DSDP Hole 538A, Gulf of Mexico].—Leckie and others, 1993:123, pl. 1, fig. 15 [lower Oligocene Zone P18, ODP Hole 628A, western North Atlantic Ocean], fig. 16 [upper Oligocene Zone P22, ODP Hole 628A, western North Atlantic Ocean], fig. 17 [lower Oligocene Zone P18, ODP Hole 803D, Ontong Java Plateau, western Pacific Ocean].—Resig, 1993:241, pl. 1, figs. 1-8, 10, 13, 17 [uppermost Eocene-lower Oligocene Zones P17-P21a, ODP Site 807, Ontong Java Plateau, western Pacific Ocean].—Spezzaferri, 1994: 65, pl. 29, fig. 1 [lower Oligocene Subzone P21a, DSDP Hole 538A].—Kelly and others, 2003: pl. 1, fig. 3 [lower Oligocene Subzone P21a, DSDP Site 363, South Atlantic Ocean].—Huber and others, 2006:473-474, pl. 16.3, figs. 23, 24 [middle Eocene Zone E10, TDP Site 13, Mkazambo, Tanzania].—Wade and others, 2007:pl. 2, fig. p [lower Oligocene Zone O3/O4, ODP Hole 1218C, equatorial Pacific Ocean].—Malumian and others, 2009: 318, pl. 1, fig. 12 a, b [lower Oligocene, Maria Cristina beds, Tierra del Fuego, South America].
Streptochilus cubensis (Palmer). Poore and Gosnell, 1985:5, pl. 2: figs. 1-13 [lower Oligocene, DSDP Site 366A, central Atlantic Ocean; Eltanin Core E-67-128, Gulf of Mexico].
?Chiloguembelina garretti Howe, 1939:61, pl. 8: fig. 14 [Eocene Cook Mountain Fm., Subinne River, Louisiana].
?Chiloguembelina barnardi Ansary, 1955:77, pl. 2: fig. 26 [upper Eocene, Wadi Weseiyit, Egypt].
Not Chiloguembelina cubensis (Palmer).—Beckmann, 1957:89, text-fig. 14 (7, 8) [lower Oligocene, Cipero Fm., San Fernando, Trinidad].—Hornibrook, 1990:368, pl. 1, fig. 1 [lower Oligocene, Cuba].—Spezzaferri and Premoli Silva, 1991:237, pl. 10, fig. 5a [lower Oligocene Subzone P21a, ODP Hole 538A, Gulf of Mexico].—Leckie and others, 1993:123, pl. 1, fig. 14 [lower Oligocene Subzone P21a, ODP Hole 803D, Ontong Java Plateau, western Pacific Ocean].—Hernitz Kucenjak and others, 2006:24, pl. 4, figs. 11, 12 [lower Oligocene Zone O4, Jihar-5 well, sample 190-200 m, Palmyride region, Syria] (= C. adriatica n. sp.).
Not Chiloguembelina cubensis (Palmer).—Jenkins, 1971:66-67, pl. 1, figs. 3-5.―Jenkins and Srinivasan, 1986:807, pl. 1, fig. 2 [upper Eocene Globigerina linaperta Zone, DSDP Site 592, Lord Howe Rise, Pacific Ocean].—Huber, 1991:440, pl. 6, fig. 8 [lower Oligocene Zone AP13, ODP Hole 738B, Kerguelen Plateau, southern Indian Ocean] (= C. ototara).

Taxonomic discussion:

Hornibrook (1990) studied primary types of Palmer’s species and illustrated two specimens under SEM. These clearly show well-developed longitudinal costae which he contrasted with specimens of C. ototara from New Zealand. However, when poorly preserved it is very difficult to distinguish C. ototara, C. cubensis and C. adriatica. In this case it is necessary to make SEM images and compare fine wall texture details. In well-preserved material it is easier to distinguish costate forms of C. cubensis and C. adriatica from finely pustulose C. ototara or the smooth test surface at C. andreae. Under light microscope, the costate surface is better distinguished in C. cubensis than in C. adriatica which have more discontinuous costae. In addition, C. cubensis specimens possess longer and narrower tests whereas C. adriatica is usually characterized by shorter and wider outline. See Huber and others (2006) for expanded synonymy and previous remarks on this species. [Premec Fucek et al. 2018]

The type descriptions of both Guembelina garretti Howe and Guembelina barnardi Ansary refer to longitudinal striations on the test, hence both are probably referable to this taxon pending further study. Poore and Gosnell (1985) placed C. cubensis in Streptochilus based on observation of an internal plate connecting the foramina of all but the final two chambers. Resig (1993) tentatively reassigned C. cubensis to Chiloguembelina noting that its aperture is typically lower arched and the position of the internal plate is off-centered compared to species of Streptochilus. Observation of costae in this species may require use of an SEM. [Huber et al. 2006]

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Chiloguembelina): Test subtriangular in outline, biserial throughout or rarely with multiserial final chambers; aperture a simple arched opening at base of the final chamber, with a narrow rim on one margin and a broad collar or flange directed toward one of the flat sides of the test, lacking an infolded margin or internal plate. Rarely with multiple apertures.
This taxon: Like C. ototara but with fine costae parallel to the long axis of the test.

Description

Test biserial, elongate, subtriangular in outline, moderately expanding, periphery rounded rather than compressed; chambers increase moderately in size, up to 16 chambers in adult specimens; sutures depressed, perpendicular to slightly oblique to the growth axis; aperture a low, moderately narrow to broad symmetrical arch centered or slightly off-center from the base of the final chamber, bordered on one side by a narrow collar that thickens away from its attachment point on the chamber face. Apical angle varies from 35-45°. [Premec Fucek et al. 2018]

Microperforate, bilamellar, the wall is 4-5 μm thick, the inner layer is usually very thin (0.4-0.5 μm), the outer layer has a submicron-scale, granular to columnar texture, granule size is 0.2-0.4 μm (Pl. 17.3, Figs. 19, 20), (ototara-type wall; Chapter 15, this volume); surface texture finely pustulose on youngest chambers, later becoming faintly but distinctly costate in rows aligned with the long axis of the test; the wall is evenly perforated by pores that are usually about 0.7-0.8 μm in diameter, but can exceed 1 μm as a result of dissolution, pore channels are straight. [Premec Fucek et al. 2018]

Hypotypes (USNM P5756, P5757) length 0.12-0.25 mm (Beckmann, 1957); Topotypes length 0.18-0.24 mm, width 0.13 mm, breadth 0.08 mm (Hornibrook, 1990).

Size of measured populations: Mid-latitude (Adriatic Sea): Length 0.12-0.21 mm; width 0.07-0.12 mm; breadth 0.06-0.07 mm. Low latitude (Syria): Length 0.16-0.22 mm; width 0.08-0.12 mm; breadth 0.06-0.08 mm.

[Premec Fucek et al. 2018]

Biogeography and Palaeobiology

Cosmopolitan. [Premec Fucek et al. 2018]

Poore and Matthews (1984) recorded this species as having amongst the most negative oxygen isotope ratios in an assemblage from DSDP Site 366, suggesting that it inhabited the surface mixed-layer. Similarly, Barrera and Huber (1991, 1993) recorded C. cubensis as having more negative oxygen isotope and more positive carbon isotope values than co-occurring species in uppermost Eocene and lower Oligocene at ODP Site 738 (southern Indian Ocean). Zachos and others (1992) also recorded more negative oxygen isotope and more positive carbon isotope values in middle and upper Eocene and lower Oligocene sediments at southern low latitude ODP Site 748 (Kerguelen Plateau). [Premec Fucek et al. 2018]

Probably evolved from C. ototara during the middle Eocene (Huber and others, 2006). [Premec Fucek et al. 2018]

Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Notes: Middle Eocene Zone E10 through upper Oligocene Zone O7. Many authors identified C. cubensis from Eocene sediments (Beckmann, 1957; Resig, 1993; Li and others, 2003; Huber and others, 2006; Luciani and others, 2010). In the middle and late Eocene C. cubensis was rare and had a patchy distribution, but its abundance increased and became cosmopolitan by the early Oligocene. The highest common occurrence (HCO) of this species defines the base of Zone O5. At that level it disappears in some places and in others there is a patchy distribution above (King and Wade, 2017).

Beckmann (1957) recorded the highest occurrence (HO) of C. cubensis in the Globorotalia opima opima Zone of Trinidad, and Berggren and others (1995) placed its “last common occurrence” at the top of Subzone P21a (=Zone O3/O4) in mid-Chron 10, at 28.5 Ma. Wade and others (2007) revised this datum to 28.4 Ma. Hornibrook (1990) records continuous occurrences of C. cubensis into the upper Oligocene of New Zealand and lowermost Miocene of Chatham Island. Pearson and Chaisson (1997) observed an abrupt extinction of C. cubensis on Ceara Rise at the end of Zone O4, while Leckie and others, (1993) reported this species in the equivalent of Zone O6 at ODP Holes 803D and 807A, supporting Hornibrook’s (1990) observations. From the Umbria-Marche region, Central Italy, Coccioni and others (2008, 2013) reported the last common occurrence of C. cubensis at the end of Zone O4, and last appearance of this species at the end of Zone O5. Alegret and others (2008) observed the HO of C. cubensis in the Fuente Caldera section in Spain in Zone O4.

In this study, we confirm that the HCO of C. cubensis is a useful biohorizon that defines the base of Zone O5. However, the species sporadically continues in very rare abundance up to the latest Oligocene at low latitudes (Syria, Palmyride region; Pl. 17.3, Fig. 15). Above the HCO in Zone O4 at mid-latitudes (Adriatic Sea, Alpine-Mediterranean region) this species become rare and sporadic and last occurs at the end of Zone O5. These data are consistent with the study of Boersma and Premoli Silva (1989) who reported that following a peak near the end of Subzone P21a (= Zone O3/O4), biserial heterohelicids become rare in all but lower latitudes and a few, warm mid-latitude areas (i.e., Gulf of Mexico and Rio Grande Rise in the warm Brazil Current). In most other regions of the Atlantic and its surrounding seas, biserial heterohelicids are absent from Subzone P21b (=Zone O5) to the end of the Oligocene.

Primary source for this page: Premec Fucek et al. 2018 - Olig Atlas chap.17 p.468; Huber et al. 2006 - Eocene Atlas, chap. 16, p. 473

References:

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test outline:	Triangular	chamber arrangement:	Biserial	edge view:	Equally biconvex	aperture:	Interiomarginal
sp chamber shape:	Globular	coiling axis:	N/A	periphery:	N/A	aperture border:	Thin lip
umb chbr shape:	Globular	umbilicus:	N/A	periph margin shape:	Broadly rounded	accessory apertures:	None
spiral sutures:	Moderately depressed	umb depth:	N/A	wall texture:	Finely costate	shell porosity:	Microperforate: <1µm
umbilical or test sutures:	Moderately depressed	final-whorl chambers:	2-2	N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable

Chiloguembelina cubensis

Taxonomy

Description

Biogeography and Palaeobiology

Biostratigraphic distribution

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