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Pu. praepulleniatina Bronniman and Resig (1971) - an intermediate form which links N. acostaensis with Pu. primalis [according to Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]
Catalog entries: Pulleniatina primalis, Pulleniatina praepulleniatina
Type images:Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Pulleniatina): Compact streptospiral test with smooth cortical coating and large slit-like aperture
This taxon: Aperture restricted to the umbilical side
Aperture: Interiomarginal umbilical-extraumbilical low arch at the base of the final chamber [Aze 2011, based on Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]
Diagnostic characters:
Morphology:
Wall type:
Character matrix
test outline: | Subcircular | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | Inequally biconvex | aperture: | Umbilical-extraumbilical |
sp chamber shape: | Crescentic | coiling axis: | Low | periphery: | N/A | aperture border: | N/A |
umb chbr shape: | Subtriangular | umbilicus: | Narrow | periph margin shape: | Broadly rounded | 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: | 4-5 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable |
[SCOR WG138]
Geographic distribution
Isotope paleobiology
Phylogenetic relations
Most likely ancestor: Neogloboquadrina acostaensis - at confidence level 3 (out of 5). Data source: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983, fig 22; Aze et al. 2011.
Likely descendants: Pulleniatina praecursor; Pulleniatina praespectabilis;
plot with descendants
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): in lower part of PL3 [Atl.] zone (28% up, 3.7Ma, in Zanclean 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): in upper part of M13b subzone (73% up, 6.8Ma, in Messinian 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).
Plot of occurrence data:
Primary source for this page: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983, p.200
Aze, T. et al. (2011). A phylogeny of Cenozoic macroperforate planktonic foraminifera from fossil data. Biological Reviews. 86: 900-927. gs Banner, F. T. & Blow, W. H. (1967). The origin, evolution and taxonomy of the foraminiferal genus Pulleniatina Cushman, 1927. Micropaleontology. 13(2): 133-162. gs Brönnimann, P. & Resig, J. (1971). A Neogene globigerinacean biochronologic time-scale of the southwestern Pacific. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 7(2): 1235-1469. gs O Brummer, G-J. A. & Kucera, M. (2022). Taxonomic review of living planktonic foraminifera. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 41: 29-74. gs Kennett, J. P. & Srinivasan, M. S. (1983). Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera. Hutchinson Ross Publishing Co., Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. 1-265. gs Norris, R. D. (1998). Planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy: Eastern Equatorial Atlantic. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 159: 445-479. gs O Postuma, J. A. (1971). Manual of planktonic foraminifera. Elsevier for Shell Group, The Hague. 1-406. 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. gsReferences:
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Pulleniatina primalis compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 26-3-2025
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