Distinguishing features: Parent taxon (menardii lineage): G. archeomenardii - menardii, limbata - miocenica & exilis - pertenius lineages This taxon: Like G. limbata but with more chambers in final whorl (usually 8-10 vs 6-8), a circular-outline to the test, and a wide, circular and deep umbilicus
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
Diagnostic characters: Lenticular, low trochospiral, prominent keel and densely perforate surface
Aperture: Interiomarginal umbilical-extraumbilical low-arched slit with distinct lip [Aze 2011, based on Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]
Morphology: Test a large, low trochospiral, com- pressed, equatorial periphery weakly lobulate; axial periphery acute with a prominent cordlike keel; 8 to 10 chambers of the final whorl, increasing very slowly in size; sutures on spiral side limbate, curving backward to merge into peripheral keel, on umbilical side almost radial and depressed; surface uniformly and densely perforate, pustulose near umbilicus; umbilicus a distinct circular pit; aperture interiomarginal, extraumbilical-umbilical, a low slit bordered by a distinct lip. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983] Wall type: Non-spinose; Smooth [Aze 2011]
Character matrix
test outline:
Circular
chamber arrangement:
Trochospiral
edge view:
Equally biconvex
aperture:
Umbilical-extraumbilical
sp chamber shape:
Crescentic
coiling axis:
Low
periphery:
Single keel
aperture border:
Thick lip
umb chbr shape:
Subtriangular
umbilicus:
Narrow
periph margin shape:
Subangular
accessory apertures:
None
spiral sutures:
Raised
umb depth:
Shallow
wall texture:
Smooth
shell porosity:
Macroperforate: >2.5µm
umbilical or test sutures:
Weakly depressed
final-whorl chambers:
8-10
N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable
Biogeography and Palaeobiology
Geographic distributionTropical to warm subtropical. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983] Low latitudes [Aze et al. 2011, based on Kennett & Srinivasan (1983)]
[SCOR WG138]
Isotope paleobiologyAze et al. 2011 ecogroup 3 - Open ocean thermocline. Based on light δ13C and relatively heavy δ18O. Sources cited by Aze et al. 2011 (appendix S3): D. R. M. Stewart unpublished data Phylogenetic relationsGr. (M.) multicamerata is closely related to Gr. (M.) limbata from which it differs by an increase in the number of final chambers (usually eight to ten), circular-outline of the test, and by its wide, circular and deep umbilicus. A continuous morphological intergradation exists between typical Gr. (M.) limbata and Gr. (M.) multicamerata, and the distinction between these species is somewhat difficult to recognize, especially in Late Miocene Zone N17B. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]
Most likely ancestor: Globorotalia limbata - at confidence level 4 (out of 5). Data source: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983, fig. 14; Stewart 2003 fig. 6.10; Aze et al. 2011, appendix 5.
Biostratigraphic distribution
Geological Range: Notes: The evolution of Gr. (M.) multicamerata from Gr. (M.) limbata is a useful biostratigraphic datum within Zone N17 , close to the first evolutionary appearance of Pulleniatina primalis. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983] Last occurrence (top): in lower part of PL5 [Atl.] zone (19% up, 3Ma, in Piacenzian stage). Data source: Wade et al. (2011), additional event; position within zone determined by linear interpolation from data in table 1 of Wade et al. (2011). First occurrence (base): within N17b zone (5.72-6.60Ma, base in Messinian stage). Data source: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983
Plot of occurrence data:
Range-bar - range as quoted above, pink interval top occurs in, green interval base occurs in.
Triangles indicate an event for which a precise placement has been suggested
Histogram - Neptune occurrence data from DSDP and ODP proceedings. Pale shading <50 samples in time bin. Interpret with caution & read these notes