Catalog entries: Globorotalia pliozea
Type images:Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Globoconella): Globorotaliids having a high-arched aperture
This taxon: Biconvex, with keel
Wall type:
Character matrix
test outline: | Subcircular | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | Equally biconvex | aperture: | Umbilical-extraumbilical |
sp chamber shape: | Crescentic | coiling axis: | Low | periphery: | Single keel | aperture border: | Thin lip |
umb chbr shape: | Subtriangular | umbilicus: | Narrow | periph margin shape: | Subangular | accessory apertures: | None |
spiral sutures: | Flush | umb depth: | Shallow | wall texture: | Smooth | shell porosity: | Macroperforate: >2.5µm |
umbilical or test sutures: | Weakly depressed | final-whorl chambers: | 4-4.5 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable |
[SCOR WG138]
Geographic distribution
Isotope paleobiology
Most likely ancestor: Globoconella terminalis - at confidence level 3 (out of 5). Data source: Wei 1994, fig. 1.
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within PL1 [Atl.] zone (4.37-5.72Ma, top in Zanclean stage). Data source: Wei 1994 (quoted age converted to modern zone)
First occurrence (base): within PL1 [Atl.] zone (4.37-5.72Ma, base in Messinian stage). Data source: Wei 1994 (quoted age converted to modern zone)
Plot of occurrence data:
Aze, T. et al. (2011). A phylogeny of Cenozoic macroperforate planktonic foraminifera from fossil data. Biological Reviews. 86: 900-927. gs Hornibrook, N. d. B. (1982). Late Miocene to Pleistocene Globorotalia (Foraminiferida) from Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 29, Site 284, Southwest Pacific. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 25: 83-99. gs Schneider, C. E. & Kennett, J. P. (1996). Isotopic evidence for interspecies habitat differences during evolution of the Neogene planktonic foraminiferal clade Globoconella. Paleobiology. 22: 282-303. gs Wei, K. -Y. (1994b). Stratophenetic tracing of phylogeny using SIMCA pattern recognition technique: a case study of the late Neogene planktic foraminifera Globoconella clade. Paleobiology. 20(1): 52-65. gsReferences:
Globoconella pliozea compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 13-1-2025
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