pforams@mikrotax - Ciperoella ciperoensis

Citation: Ciperoella ciperoensis (Bolli, 1954)

Basionym: Globigerina ciperoensis Bolli, 1954

Synonyms:

Globigerina concinna Reuss, 1850:373, pl. 47, fig. 8a, b [Tertiary, Grinzing, Austria].—Nuttall, 1932:29, pl. 6, figs. 9-11 [Alazan shales, Mexico].—Franklin, 1944:317, pl. 48, fig. 5 [Oligocene, Carapita Fm., Venezuela]. [Not Reuss, 1850.]
Globigerina cf. concinna Reuss.—Cushman and Stainforth, 1945:67, pl. 13, fig. 1a, b [Cipero Fm., Trinidad]. [Not Reuss, 1850.]
Globigerina ciperoensis Bolli, 1954:1, figs. 3-3a (holotype drawing of Globigerina cf. concinna Reuss from Cushman and Stainforth, 1945), figs. 4-4b [Oligocene, Globigerina ciperoensis Zone, Cipero Fm., Trinidad], figs. 5-5b (drawing of Globigerina concinna Reuss from Nuttall, 1932), fig. 6 (drawing of Globigerina concinna Reuss from Franklin, 1944).—Jenkins and Orr, 1972:1087, pl. 7, figs. 7, 8 [lower Miocene G. kugleri Zone, DSDP Hole 77B, eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean].—Stainforth and others, 1975:263, fig. 111.1-8 [Oligocene, Trinidad and Tanzania].—Krasheninnikov and Pflaumann, 1978:591, pl. 1, figs. 5-7 [Oligocene, DSDP Site 369, eastern North Atlantic Ocean].—Leckie and others, 1993:123, pl. 9, figs. 7-10 [upper Oligocene, Zone P22, ODP Hole 628A, Little Bahama Bank, western Atlantic Ocean].—Rögl, 1994:135, pl. 1, figs. 1, 2 [Oligocene Zone P21/P22, Cipero Fm., Trinidad], figs. 3, 4, [Zone NP 23, Ottenthal, Austria].—Cicha and others, 1998:99, pl. 31, figs. 27, 28 [lower Oligocene, Central Paratethys].—Pearson and Wade, 2009:206, pl. 5, figs. 1a-3c [upper Oligocene Zone O6 (= O7), Cipero Fm., Trinidad].—Baldassini and others, 2013:111, text-fig. 4.27 and 4.28 [upper Oligocene Zone P22, Sliema Point section, Malta].
Globigerina ciperoensis ciperoensis Bolli.—Bolli, 1957:109, pl. 22, figs. 10a, b [Oligocene Globorotalia opima opima Zone, Cipero Fm., Trinidad].—Jenkins, 1977:303, pl. 1, fig. 6 [lower Miocene G. trilobus trilobus zone, Sealba Trial Borehole, eastern North Atlantic Ocean].—Toumarkine, 1978, pl. 8, figs. 10, 11 [upper Oligocene Globigerina ciperoensis ciperoensis Zone, DSDP Site 363, eastern South Atlantic Ocean].—Bolli and Saunders, 1985:182, fig. 13.1a-b [mid-Oligocene, Cipero Fm., Trinidad], fig. 13.2 and 13.3 [upper Oligocene G. ciperoensis ciperoensis Zone, DSDP Site 363, Walvis Ridge, eastern South Atlantic Ocean (reproduced from Toumarkine, 1978)].
Globigerina ouachitaensis ciperoensis Bolli.—Blow and Banner, 1962:90, pl. IX, figs. e-g [lower Oligocene Zone O3, Lindi Area, Tanzania].—Hooyberghs and De Meuter, 1972:22, pl. 6, figs. 1a-c [‘upper Oligocene’, Houthalen Sands, Belgium].—Molina, 1979:151, pl. 11, figs. 1A-C [lower Miocene, Globigerinoides primordius Zone, Navazuelo section, Guadahortuna, Spain].—Chaproniere, 1981:109, figs. 4Ga-d, Ia-d [upper Oligocene, Ashmore Reef No. 1 Well, northwest Australia].
Globigerina (Globigerina) ciperoensis Bolli.—Kennett and Srinivasan, 1983:29, pl. 4, figs. 6-8 [upper Oligocene Subzone N4a, DSDP Site 289, Ontong Java Plateau, equatorial Pacific Ocean].
“Globigerina” ciperoensis Bolli.—Spezzaferri and Premoli Silva, 1991:237, pl. IV, figs. 7a-b; pl. V, figs. 3a-d, 4a-d [upper Oligocene Zone P22, DSDP Hole 538A, Gulf of Mexico].—Spezzaferri, 1994:28, pl. 3, figs. 2a-c [upper Oligocene Subzone P21b, DSDP Hole 516F, South Atlantic Ocean].
“Globigerina” cf. ciperoensis Bolli.—Pearson, 1995:46, pl. 1, figs. 13, 14 [upper Oligocene Zone P21/P22, ODP Hole 872A, Lo-En Guyot, western Pacific Ocean].
Globoturborotalita ciperoensis (Bolli).—Rincón and others, 2007:294 (partim), pl. 5, figs. 6, 7 [upper Oligocene Globoturborotalita ciperoensis zone, Carmen Fm., Colombia].
Globorotalia opima subsp. opima (Bolli).—Jenkins, 1960:366, pl. 5, fig. 3a-c [upper Oligocene pre-Globoquadrina dehiscens dehiscens Zone, Lakes Entrance Oil Shaft, Victoria, Australia]. [Not Bolli, 1957.]
Globigerina angustiumbilicata Bolli.—Stainforth and others, 1975:253, pl. 105, figs. 1, 2, 4 [upper Oligocene Globigerina ciperoensis Zone, Cipero Fm., Trinidad]. [Not Bolli, 1957.]
Globigerina ciperoensis angulisuturalis (Blow).—Jenkins, 1977:302, pl. 1, fig. 4 [lower Miocene G. trilobus trilobus zone, Sealba Trial Borehole, eastern North Atlantic Ocean]. [Not Bolli, 1957.]
Not ‘Giant’ Globigerina ciperoensis Bolli.—Ujetz and Wernli, 1994:200-201 (partim), pl. 1, figs. 2a-b [lower Oligocene Zone P20, Haute Savoie, France] (= Globigerinella wagneri).
Not Globoturborotalita ciperoensis (Bolli).—Rincón and others, 2007:294, pl. 1, figs. 4a-c [upper Oligocene Zone O5, Bolívar, Colombia] (= C. angulisuturalis).

Taxonomic discussion:

This is a well known species in the Oligocene and is the type species for the new genus Ciperoella. ‘Giant’ “Globigerina ciperoensis” recorded by Ujetz and Wernli (1994) from Zone P20 (= O2) of the Haute-Savoie in France appear to be conspecific with Globigerinella wagneri (Chapter 6, this volume) described from an equivalent level in the Central Paratethys region (Rögl, 1994).

Reuss (1850) described Globigerina concinna from the Tertiary (probably Tortonian) of Austria, for large forms possessing 5 globular chambers, with a wide umbilical aperture. This form was recognized by Nuttall (1932) from the Alazan shales of Mexico, and Franklin (1944) from the Oligocene, Carapita Formation, of Venezuela. Cushman and Stainforth (1945) recognized cf. concinna from the Oligocene, Cipero Formation of Trinidad and considered it to be a useful stratigraphic marker. Bolli (1954) investigated the species concept but found that the type material was lost. He concluded that the lower Oligocene specimens recognized by Nuttall (1932), Franklin (1944) and Cushman and Stainforth (1945) were smaller and not directly related to G. concinna and thus described Globigerina ciperoensis to incorporate these forms. The type specimen is that of Cushman and Stainforth (1945), pl. 13, figs. 1a-1b. Note, Bolli and Saunders (1985) indicate that the holotype is from the Globorotalia opima opima Zone, but this is not consistent with Bolli (1954) which indicates the Globigerina ciperoensis Zone. [Olsson et al. 2018]

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Ciperoella): Like Globoturborotalita, but with distinctive reticulate wall, and 4½-5 chambers in final whorl
This taxon: Test low trochospiral, globular, lobulate, umbilicus open; 5 chambers in final whorl; aperture umbilical;

Description

Moderately low trochospiral, globular, lobulate in outline, chambers globular; in spiral view 5 globular, slightly embracing chambers in ultimate whorl, increasing slowly in size, ultimate chamber may be smaller than the penultimate chamber, sutures depressed, straight; in umbilical view 5 globular, slightly embracing chambers, increasing slowly in size, ultimate chamber often smaller than the penultimate chamber, sutures depressed, straight, umbilicus large, open, enclosed by surrounding chambers, aperture umbilical, a rounded arch, bordered by a thin thickened rim; in edge view chambers globular, slightly embracing, initial whorl slightly to moderately elevated. [Olsson et al. 2018]

Normal perforate, spinose, Neogloboquadrina-type wall structure. Pore concentrations average 32 pores/50 μm2 test surface area and pore diameters from around 0.9-2.5 μm.

Maximum diameter of holotype 0.29 mm, minimum diameter 0.26 mm, thickness 0.18 mm. [Olsson et al. 2018]

Biogeography and Palaeobiology

Occurs in low to mid-latitudes including the North Sea (Hooyberghs and De Meuter, 1972, Hooyberghs and others, 1992) and Paratethys region (Rögl, 1994). [Olsson et al. 2018]

Poore and Matthews (1984) consistently record low δ18O and high δ13C in C. ciperoensis indicative of a symbiotic ecology within the surface mixed-layer. [Olsson et al. 2018]

Evolved from C. anguliofficinalis in the mid-Oligocene and gave rise to C. fariasi. [Olsson et al. 2018]

Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Notes: Zone O3 to Subzone M1a. The lowest occurrence is not well constrained. Most records are from the upper Oligocene, but Blow and Banner (1962) record C. ciperoensis in Zone O3 in Tanzania. The top of C. ciperoensis is used as a secondary marker within Subzone M1a (23.68 Ma, Pearson and Chaisson, 1997; Wade and others, 2011). [Olsson et al. 2018]
Last occurrence (top): within M1a subzone (22.44-22.96Ma, top in Aquitanian stage). Data source: Olsson et al. 2018
First occurrence (base): within O3 zone (29.18-30.28Ma, base in Rupelian stage). Data source: Olsson et al. 2018

References:

Baldassini, N., Mazzei, R., Foresi, L. M., Riforgiato, F. & Salvatorini, G. (2013). Calcareous plankton bio-chronostratigraphy of the Maltese Lower Globigerina Limestone member. Acta Geologica Polonica. 63: 105-135. gs

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

Blow, W. H. & Banner, F. T. (1962). The mid-Tertiary (Upper Eocene to Aquitanian) Globigerinaceae. In, Eames, F. E., Banner, F. T., Blow, W. H. & Clarke, W. J. (eds) Fundamentals of mid-Tertiary Stratigraphical Correlation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 61-151. gs

Bolli, H. M. & Saunders, J. B. (1985). Oligocene to Holocene low latitude planktic foraminifera. In, Bolli, H. M., Saunders, J. B. & Perch-Neilsen, K. (eds) Plankton Stratigraphy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 155-262. gs

Bolli, H. M. (1954). Note on Globigerina concinna Reuss 1850. Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research. 5(1): 1-3. gs

Bolli, H. M. (1957b). Planktonic foraminifera from the Oligocene-Miocene Cipero and Lengua formations of Trinidad, B.W.I. 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: 97-123. gs

Chaproniere, G. C. H. (1981). Late Oligocene to Early Miocene planktic Foraminiferida from Ashmore Reef no. 1 well, northwest Australia. Alcheringa. 5: 103-131. gs

Cicha, I., Rögl, F., Rupp, C. & Ctyroká, J. (1998). Oligocene-Miocene foraminifera of the central Paratethys. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 549: 1-325. gs

Cushman, J. A. & Stainforth, R. M. (1945). The foraminifera of the Cipero Marl Formation of Trinidad, British West Indies. Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication. 14: 1-75. gs

Franklin, E. S. (1944). Microfauna from the Carapita Formation of Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology. 18: 301-319. gs

Hooyberghs, H. J. F. & de Meuter, F. (1972). Biostratigraphy and inter-regional correlation of the Miocene deposits of Northern Belgium based on planktonic foraminifera; the Oligocene-Miocene boundary on the southern edge of the North Sea basin, Brussels. Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. -. gs

Hooyberghs, H. J. F., Vercauteren, T., De Meuter, F. & Symons, F. (1992). Foraminiferal studies in the Boom Formation. Belgische Geologische Dienst Professional Paper. 8: 26-. gs

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test outline:	Lobate	chamber arrangement:	Trochospiral	edge view:	Concavo-convex	aperture:	Umbilical
sp chamber shape:	Globular	coiling axis:	Low-moderate	periphery:	N/A	aperture border:	Thin lip
umb chbr shape:	Globular	umbilicus:	Wide	periph margin shape:	Broadly rounded	accessory apertures:	None
spiral sutures:	Moderately depressed	umb depth:	Deep	wall texture:	Spinose	shell porosity:	Finely Perforate: 1-2.5µm
umbilical or test sutures:	Strongly depressed	final-whorl chambers:	5-5	N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable

Ciperoella ciperoensis

Taxonomy

Description

Biogeography and Palaeobiology

Biostratigraphic distribution

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