placed in G. chapmani. Globanomalina chapmani is a common species in upper Paleocene assemblages. [Olsson et al. 1999]
Catalog entries: Globorotalia chapmani, Anomalina luxorensis, Globanomalina ovalis lakiensis, Globorotalia troelseni
Type images:Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Globanomalina): Very low trochospiral; 5-6 chambers in final whorl; chamber-shape variable.
Aperture interiomarginal, umbilical-extraumbilical, arch with narrow lip.
Wall smooth, normally perforate, pustules in some species.
This taxon: Test compressed, periphery pinched with a thickened imperforate band. 5-6 rapidly enlarging chambers in final whorl.
Character matrix
test outline: | Ovate | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | Equally biconvex | aperture: | Umbilical-extraumbilical |
sp chamber shape: | Inflated | coiling axis: | Low | periphery: | N/A | aperture border: | Thin lip |
umb chbr shape: | Inflated | umbilicus: | Narrow | periph margin shape: | Moderately rounded | accessory apertures: | None |
spiral sutures: | Moderately depressed | umb depth: | Deep | wall texture: | Smooth | shell porosity: | Finely Perforate: 1-2.5µm |
umbilical or test sutures: | Moderately depressed | final-whorl chambers: | 5-6 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable |
Geographic distribution
Aze et al. 2011 summary: Cosmopolitan in middle to high latitudes; based on Olsson et al. (1999)
Isotope paleobiology
Aze et al. 2011 ecogroup 3 - Open ocean thermocline. Based on light _13C and relatively heavy _18O. Sources cited by Aze et al. 2011 (appendix S3): Olsson et al. (1999)
Phylogenetic relations
Most likely ancestor: Globanomalina ehrenbergi - at confidence level 4 (out of 5). Data source: Olsson et al. 1999, fig 5a.
Likely descendants: Globanomalina planoconica;
plot with descendants
Geological Range:
Notes: Within Zone P3 to Zone P6. [Olsson et al. 1999]
Last occurrence (top): in mid part of E3 zone (50% up, 54.9Ma, in Ypresian stage). Data source: Olsson & Hemleben 2006, fig14.1
First occurrence (base): at base of P4a subzone (0% up, 60.7Ma, in Selandian stage). Data source: Olsson et al. 1999, fig 5a
Plot of occurrence data:
Primary source for this page: Olsson et al. 1999 - Atlas of Paleocene Planktonic Foraminifera, p. 39
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