?Globigerina bulloides d’Orbigny var. cryptomphala Glaessner 1937:29, pl. 1, fig. 1a,b [upper Eocene, northern Caucasus].
Globigerina cryptomphala Glaessner. Toumarkine and Luterbacher, 1985:149, fig. 42, 5a-b [reillustration of holotype], 42.6 [reillustration of Catapsydrax pera (Todd) from Charollais and others, 1980, pl. 5, fig. 14, lower Oligocene, Marnes à Foraminifères, Haute-Savoie, France].
Globigerina corpulenta Subbotina, 1953:101, pl. 9, figs. 5a-7c (5a-c = holotype) [upper Eocene zone of Globigerinoides conglobatus and large Globigerina, northern Caucasus], pl. 10, fig. 1a-c [upper Eocene, subzone with large Globigerina, White Series, Kuban River, northern Caucasus], pl. 10, fig. 2a-c [upper Eocene Globigerinoides conglobatus Zone, Upper White Series, Mangyshlak Dzhaman-Kyzylyt, western Kazakhstan], pl. 10, fig. 3a-c [upper Eocene zone of Globigerinoides conglobatus and large Globigerina, Kheu River, northern Caucasus], pl. 10, fig. 4a,b [upper Eocene Lagenid zone, Kiev Stage (kw), Krasnoarmeisk, Stalingrad (Volgograd) region, Russia].
Subbotina corpulenta (Subbotina).—Olsson and others, 2006:129-134, pl. 6.7, figs. 1-3 [SEMs of holotype of Globigerina corpulenta Subbotina, VNIGRI No. 4033, upper Eocene, Foraminiferal layer Series F3, Kheu River, northern Caucasus], fig. 4 [middle Eocene Zone P12, Istra More-3 well, north Adriatic Sea], fig. 5 [middle Eocene Zone P14, Istra More-3 well, north Adriatic Sea], figs. 6-8 [lower-middle Eocene Zone P9, Aragon Fm, Mexico], figs. 9, 10 [upper Eocene Zone E14, Globigerina corpulenta Zone, Belaglin Clay Fm., Kuban River, North Caucasus], figs. 11-14 [upper Eocene Zone E14, ODP Hole 1053A, Blake Nose, western North Atlantic Ocean].—Pearson and Wade, 2015:13, fig. 10.3 [upper Eocene Zone E15/16, TDP Site 12, Stakishari, Tanzania], fig. 10.4 [lower Oligocene Zone O1, TDP Site 17, Stakishari, Tanzania].
Globigerina pseudoeocaena Subbotina var. pseudoeocaena Subbotina, 1953:81 (partim, not holotype), pl. 5, fig. 6a-c [lower-middle Eocene Zone of conical Globorotalia, Kuban River, northern Caucasus]. [Not Subbotina, 1953.]
?Globigerina cf. G. gortanii (Borsetti).Cifelli, 1982, pl. 1, fig. 4 [upper Oligocene, Globorotalia opima Zone, Trinidad].
?Subbotina senilis (Bandy).Rincón and others, 2007, pl. 6, fig. 6 [upper Oligocene, Paragloborotalia opima Zone, Carmen Fm., Bolívar, Colombia]. [Not Bandy, 1949 = junior synonym of S. jacksonensis.]
Not Catapsydrax perus (Todd).Fleisher, 1974, pl. 4, fig. 7 (= Catapsydrax unicavus).
[Wade et al. 2018]Taxonomic discussion:
Subbotina corpulenta can be common in Oligocene low latitude assemblages. The specimen selected for a holotype by Subbotina (1953) lacks a cantilevered ultimate chamber, but she discusses the common presence of a ‘bulla’ in the specimens she studied from Northern Caucasus. The ultimate chamber can be highly variable in S. corpulenta in terms of size, position and development; in some of our specimens it is well developed, appearing more as a cantilevered ultimate chamber with a lip or tooth. The name corpulenta indicating fat or stout is somewhat misleading. Our specimens are not particularly high-spired or portly, especially in comparison to large forms such as gortanii. [Wade et al. 2018]
As in Olsson and others (2006) we consider Globigerina pera Todd from the upper Eocene to be a junior synonym of Subbotina corpulenta, however, many specimens have been confused with Catapsydrax unicavus (see Chapter 4, this volume). Globigerinita riveroae Bermúdez is considered to be a junior synonym of Catapsydrax dissimilis (see Chapter 4, this volume). [Wade et al. 2018]
Globigerina hagni Gohrbandt (1967) was previously assigned to Subbotina by various authors including Poore and Brabb (1977) and Olsson and others (2006). Rögl and Egger (2012) re-examined and illustrated the type specimens described by Gohrbandt and concluded that S. hagni belonged in the genus Parasubbotina. We support their conclusions here. The specimens (not illustrated) assigned to S. hagni in Wade and Pearson (2008) with a stratigraphic range that extended into lower Oligocene Zone O1 are now considered to be S. corpulenta (see Pearson and Wade, 2015, for discussion). [Wade et al. 2018]
Distinguishing features: Parent taxon (Subbotina): Low trochospiral, tripartite test, with 3-4 rapidly inflating, globular chambers in final whorl.
Umbilicus nearly closed by tight coiling.
Wall cancellate with spines at nodes of the ridges, +/- spine collars. This taxon: Large adult test, lobulate with moderately elevated initial spire. Chambers globular, final chamber cantilevered and directed over the 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
Morphology: Test moderately high trochospiral, lobulate in outline, chambers globular, arranged in three whorls; in spiral view 4-4½ globular chambers in ultimate whorl, increasing moderately in size, sutures moderately depressed, straight to slightly curved; in umbilical view 4-4½ globular chambers, increasing moderately in size, often with a reduced ultimate chamber cantilevered over the umbilicus, sometimes centered and resembling a bulla, sutures moderately depressed, straight to slightly curved, umbilicus moderate in size, enclosed by surrounding chambers and often partly to entirely covered by the ultimate chamber, aperture umbilical, deep, with or without a lip; in edge view test with a moderately elevated initial whorl, chambers globular in shape, aperture generally not visible (modified from Olsson and others, 2006). [Wade et al. 2018] Wall type: Cancellate, normal perforate, spinose. [Wade et al. 2018] Size: Maximum diameter of holotype 0.57 mm, thickness 0.38 mm. [Wade et al. 2018]
Character matrix
test outline:
Lobate
chamber arrangement:
Trochospiral
edge view:
Equally biconvex
aperture:
Umbilical
sp chamber shape:
Globular
coiling axis:
Moderate-high
periphery:
N/A
aperture border:
N/A
umb chbr shape:
Globular
umbilicus:
Wide
periph margin shape:
Broadly rounded
accessory apertures:
None
spiral sutures:
Moderately depressed
umb depth:
Shallow
wall texture:
Spinose
shell porosity:
Finely Perforate: 1-2.5µm
umbilical or test sutures:
Moderately depressed
final-whorl chambers:
4-4.5
N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable
Biogeography and Palaeobiology
Geographic distributionGlobal in low to mid-latitudes. [Wade et al. 2018] Isotope paleobiologyWade and Pearson (2008) record relatively negative δ18O for S. corpulenta in the upper Eocene, but more positive δ18O relative to other species in the lower Oligocene. At IODP Site U1334 (equatorial Pacific Ocean), multispecies stable isotope investigations show that S. corpulenta has very similar δ18O and δ13C values to co-occurring S. minima and S. utilisindex (Moore and others, 2014). Poore and Matthews (1984) and Boersma and others (1987) record Globigerina perus and Catapsydrax perus, respectively (now considered junior synonyms of Subbotina corpulenta) as having the most positive δ18O of any planktonic foraminiferal species in the lower Oligocene. However, the specimens were not illustrated and we suspect that the analyzed specimens were of Catapsydrax, consistent with the stable isotope data and that S. corpulenta is rather rare in the assemblages. [Wade et al. 2018] Phylogenetic relationsProbably evolved from Subbotina eocaena in Zone E7. [Wade et al. 2018] NB Olsson et al. 2006 f6.2 considered it evlved from S. hagni.
Most likely ancestor:Subbotina eocaena - at confidence level 4 (out of 5). Data source: Wade et al. 2018.
Biostratigraphic distribution
Geological Range: Notes: Subbotina corpulenta is first reported in Zone E7 but its extinction is not well constrained. We find specimens as young as Zone O3-O4 at ODP Site 1237 (see Pl. 10.2). Leckie and others (1993, pl. 3) illustrated specimens which they referred to as Globigerina gortanii, but we think are consistent with Subbotina corpulenta, ranging to the uppermost Oligocene. [Wade et al. 2018]
As noted by many workers, the peak abundance of large subbotinids occurs in the middle to upper Eocene. They are less abundant in the uppermost Eocene, where they are replaced by various species of Dentoglobigerina. [Olsson et al. 2006 Last occurrence (top): within O4 zone (28.09-29.18Ma, top in Rupelian stage). Data source: Wade et al. 2018 First occurrence (base): within E7 zone (45.72-50.2Ma, base in Ypresian stage). Data source: Olsson et al. 2006
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
Primary source for this page: Wade et al. 2018 - Olig Atlas chap.10 p.312; Olsson et al. 2006 - Eocene Atlas, chap. 6, p. 129
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Subbotina corpulenta compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project teamviewed: 4-12-2023