The distinctive wall texture of this species, and its ontogenetic development, are discussed in detail by Hemleben and Olsson (Chapter 4, this volume). [Pearson et al. 2006]
Catalog entries: Globigerina frontosa, Globigerina ayalai
Type images:Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Turborotalia): Trochospiral with umbilical-extraumbilical aperture.
Wall smooth pustulose, can be weakly cancellate, & may defoliate.
This taxon: Like Subbotina but distinguished by pustulose wall texture, high arched aperture and slightly compressed final chamber. Also has a strong bias in coiling direction. Chambers more globular than in other Turborotalia species.
Morphology:
Wall type:
Size:
Character matrix
test outline: | Lobate | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | Equally biconvex | aperture: | Umbilical-extraumbilical |
sp chamber shape: | Globular | coiling axis: | Low | periphery: | N/A | aperture border: | Thin lip |
umb chbr shape: | Globular | umbilicus: | Narrow | periph margin shape: | Broadly rounded | accessory apertures: | None |
spiral sutures: | Moderately depressed | umb depth: | Shallow | wall texture: | Cancellate | shell porosity: | Finely Perforate: 1-2.5µm |
umbilical or test sutures: | Moderately depressed | final-whorl chambers: | 3-3.5 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable |
Geographic distribution
Aze et al. 2011 summary: Cosmopolitan; based on Pearson et al. (2006)
Isotope paleobiology
Aze et al. 2011 ecogroup 4 - Open ocean sub-thermocline. Based on very light _13C and very heavy _18O. Sources cited by Aze et al. 2011 (appendix S3): Boersma et al. (1987); Pearson (1993); Pearson et al. (2001a)
Phylogenetic relations
Most likely ancestor: Globanomalina australiformis - at confidence level 4 (out of 5). Data source: Pearson et al. (2006), fig 15.1.
Likely descendants: Turborotalia pomeroli; Turborotalia possagnoensis;
plot with descendants
Geological Range:
Notes: Lower to middle Eocene, from within Zone E7 to upper Zone E11
(Toumarkine and Bolli, 1970; Toumarkine and Luterbacher, 1985). [Pearson et al. 2006]
The FAD of Turborotalia frontosa marks the base of zone E7b / top of E7a (Wade et al. 2011)
Last occurrence (top): in upper part of E11 zone (80% up, 40.7Ma, in Bartonian stage). Data source: Pearson et al. (2006), fig. 15.1
First occurrence (base): at base of E7b subzone (0% up, 48.3Ma, in Ypresian stage). Data source: zonal marker (Wade et al. 2011)
Plot of occurrence data:
Primary source for this page: Pearson et al. 2006 - Eocene Atlas, chap. 15, p. 452
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