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Globanomalina compressa


Classification: pf_cenozoic -> Globanomalinidae -> Globanomalina -> Globanomalina compressa
Sister taxa: G. australiformis, G. luxorensis, G. ovalis, G. imitata, G. planocompressa ⟩⟨ G. planoconica, G. chapmani, G. pseudomenardii, G. ehrenbergi, G. compressa, G. archeocompressa, G. sp.

Taxonomy

Citation: Globanomalina compressa (Plummer 1927)
Taxonomic rank: species
Basionym: Globigerina compressa
Synonyms:
Taxonomic discussion: Plummer (1926) designated three cotypes to represent her new species and illustrated one view of each (dorsal, edge, and ventral). We have selected one of these cotypes (Plummer, 1926: fig. 11c ) as the lectotype for this species (Plate 14: Figures 1-3). The axial view of the lectotype is the view illustrated by Plummer to show the degree of compression of the test and the bluntly angular peripheral margin of the chambers of her new species. The chambers of the two paralectotypes are somewhat more inflated and the axial periphery of the test is somewhat less compressed than in the lectotype. Blow (1979) restricted his identification of G. compressa to morphotypes with compressed ogival chambers in axial view in contrast to morphotypes with an inflated rounded axial periphery, which he identified as G. cf. compressa or, if the chambers were more fully inflated, as G. planocompressa Shutskaya. Our studies separate compressa and planocompressa on the degree of compression/inflation of the chambers and the presence or absence of an imperforate peripheral margin. In the compressa -ehrenbergi-chapmani lineage an imperforate peripheral margin is a distinguishing characteristic, and the degree of compression of chambers in the ultimate whorl may vary from slightly compressed to the compressed ogival shape. In contrast, in the planocompressa -imitata -ovalis lineage the chambers in the ultimate whorl are fully inflated and the axial periphery is perforate. [Olsson et al. 1999]

Catalog entries: Globigerina compressa

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 small, 5 chambered, with moderately angular axial periphery, and with an imperforate peripheral margin that is moderately to strongly developed. Aperture a low, umbilical-extraumbilical arch, with a narrow well-defined lip.

NB These concise distinguishing features statements are used in the tables of daughter-taxa to act as quick summaries of the differences between e.g. species of one genus.
They are being edited as the site is developed and comments on them are especially welcome.

Description

Character matrix
test outline:Lobatechamber arrangement:Trochospiraledge view:Equally biconvexaperture:Umbilical-extraumbilical
sp chamber shape:Petaloidcoiling axis:Lowperiphery:N/Aaperture border:Thick flange
umb chbr shape:Petaloidumbilicus:Wideperiph margin shape:Subangularaccessory apertures:None
spiral sutures:Moderately depressedumb depth:Shallowwall texture:Smoothshell porosity:Finely Perforate: 1-2.5µm
umbilical or test sutures:Moderately depressedfinal-whorl chambers:4.5-5.5 N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable

Biogeography and Palaeobiology


Geographic distribution

Worldwide in low to high latitudes (Figure 17). [Olsson et al. 1999]
Aze et al. 2011 summary: Cosmopolitan; based on Olsson et al. (1999)

Isotope paleobiology
Globanomalina compressa has 8lsO and δ13C similar to Parasubbotina varianta, S. triloculinoides, and G. ehrenbergi. The species has distinctly more positive δ18O and more negative 8'3C than Morozovella and Praemurica. [Olsson et al. 1999]
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
This species shares morphologic similarities with G. archeocompressa in the compressed test and in the bluntly angular imperforate peripheral margin. The upper range of G. archeocompressa has not been firmly established and, consequently, its linkage with G. compressa is, at present, uncertain. We link the two species on the basis of their shared morphologic similarities (Plate 32). [Olsson et al. 1999]

Most likely ancestor: Globanomalina archeocompressa - at confidence level 4 (out of 5). Data source: Olsson et al. 1999, fig 5a.
Likely descendants: Globanomalina ehrenbergi; plot with descendants

Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Notes: Zone P1c to Zone P3. [Olsson et al. 1999]
The FAD of Globanomalina compressa marks the base of zone P1c / top of P1b (Wade et al. 2011)
Last occurrence (top): in lower part of P3a subzone (20% up, 62.1Ma, in Danian stage). Data source: Olsson et al. 1999, fig 5a
First occurrence (base): at base of P1c subzone (0% up, 63.9Ma, in Danian stage). Data source: zonal marker (Wade et al. 2011)

Plot of occurrence data:

Primary source for this page: Olsson et al. 1999 - Atlas of Paleocene Planktonic Foraminifera, p. 40

References:

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Blow, W. H. (1979). The Cainozoic Globigerinida: A study of the morphology, taxonomy, evolutionary relationships and stratigraphical distribution of some Globigerinida (mainly Globigerinacea). E. J. Brill, Leiden. 2: 1-1413. gs

Bolli, H. M. & Cita, M. B. (1960). Globigerine e Globorotalie del Paleocene di Paderno d'Adda (Italia). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. LXVI(3): 1-42. gs

Bolli, H. M. (1957d). The genera Globigerina and Globorotalia in the Paleocene-Lower Eocene Lizard Springs Formation of Trinidad. 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: 61-82. gs

Hillebrandt, A. , von (1962). Das Paleozän und seine Foraminiferenfauna im Becken von Reichenhall und Salzburg. Abhandlungen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 108: 1-182. gs

Huber, B. T. (1991b). Maestrichtian planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy and the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary at ODP Hole 738C (Kerguelen Plateau, southern Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 119: 451-465. gs

Olsson, R. K., Hemleben, C., Berggren, W. A. & Huber, B. T. (1999). Atlas of Paleocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. (85): 1-252. gs

Plummer, H. J. (1927). Foraminifera of the Midway Formation in Texas. University of Texas Bulletin. 2644: 1-206. gs O

Postuma, J. A. (1971). Manual of planktonic foraminifera. Elsevier for Shell Group, The Hague. 1-406. gs

Pujol, C. (1983). Cenozoic planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the South-Western Atlantic (Rio Grande Rise): Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 72. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 72: 623-673. gs

Subbotina, N. N. (1953). Foraminiferes fossiles d'URSS Globigerinidae, Globorotaliidae, Hantkeninidae. Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres. 2239: 1-144. gs

Wade, B. S., Pearson, P. N., Berggren, W. A. & Pälike, H. (2011). Review and revision of Cenozoic tropical planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and calibration to the geomagnetic polarity and astronomical time scale. Earth-Science Reviews. 104: 111-142. gs


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These figures 14-16 "Olsson_etal_99_pl35_f14-16.jpg" are Globanomalina ehrenbergi (Bolli, 1957) in Paleocene Atlas, not Globanomalina compressa (Plummer, 1926)

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Andriy - thank you very much pointing out that mistake, we have corrected it now.

Jeremy