pforams@mikrotax - Globorotalia flexuosa

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Globorotalia flexuosa

Classification: pf_cenozoic -> Globorotaliidae -> Globorotalia -> tumida lineage -> Globorotalia flexuosa
Sister taxa: G. ungulata, G. flexuosa, G. tumida, G. plesiotumida, G. merotumida

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Be & McIntyre 1970 fig1 a-b.JPG
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Be & McIntyre 1970 fig1 c.JPG

Taxonomy

Citation: Globorotalia flexuosa (Koch 1923)

Rank: species

Basionym: Pulvinulina tumida var. flexuosa Koch 1923

Synonyms:

Globorotalia (Globorotalia) tumida flexuosa (Koch) [e.g. Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]

Taxonomic discussion: Brummer & Kucera (2022) consider G. flexuosa "to represent a morphological aberration as long as the name is applied on extant species" - however, it seems to have useful acme levels in the fossi lrecord -s ee discussion of stratigraphic range.

Catalog entries: Pulvinulina tumida flexuosa

Type images:

holotype: P. tumida flexuosa
holotype: P. tumida flexuosa

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (tumida lineage): G. lenguaensis - merotumida - tumida - flexuosa lineage
This taxon: Like G. tumida, but anterior part of final chamber sharply bent toward 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 large , trochospiral, equatorial periphery oval to elongate; axial periphery acute with a heavy keel, anterior rim of the final chamber bent sharply toward umbilicus; chambers 6 to 7 in the final whorl , with the last chamber showing extreme elongation and infolding of the anterior part toward the umbilicus; spiral sutures limbate, raised, oblique merging with the keel, umbilical sutures sinuously radial, depressed; surface smooth, densely perforate, heavily pustulate on umbilical shoulders; umbilicus narrow , deep ; aperture interiomarginal, umbilical-extraumbilical, a low arch bordered by a platelike lip. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]

Wall type:

Non-spinose; Smooth [Aze 2011]

Character matrix
test outline: Ovate chamber arrangement: Trochospiral edge view: Inequally biconvex aperture: Umbilical-extraumbilical
sp chamber shape: Crescentic coiling axis: Low periphery: Single keel aperture border: Thin flange
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: 6.0-7.0 N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable

Biogeography and Palaeobiology

Geographic distribution

Tropical. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983] Low latitudes [Aze et al. 2011, based on Kennett & Srinivasan (1983)]

[SCOR WG138]

Isotope paleobiology

Aze et al. 2011 ecogroup 3 - Open ocean thermocline. Based on light ∂¹³C and relatively heavy ∂¹⁸O. Sources cited by Aze et al. 2011 (appendix S3): D. R. M. Stewart unpublished data

Phylogenetic relations

Gr. (Gr.) tumida flexuosa is similar in all respects with Gr. (Gr.) tumida tumida except for the sharp bend of the anterior part of the final chamber toward the umbilicus.
Gr. (Gr.) tumida flexuosa differs from Globorotalia menardii neoflexuosa Srinivasan, Kennett, and Be in having narrower and more elliptical outline, less lobulate periphery, and a heavy keel. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]

Most likely ancestor: Globorotalia tumida - at confidence level 3 (out of 5). Data source: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983, fig 17;Stewart 2003 fig. 6.10; Aze et al. 2011, appendix 5.

Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Notes: Upper part of Zone N18 to N21 (latest Miocene to Late Pliocene). [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]
NB This range given by Kennett & Srinivasan is competely different to the end Pleistocene range given by Wade et al. (2011), based on Berggren et al. 1995 and ultimately Joyce et al. (1990).
Bolli & Saunders (1985, p.176) note that there is a late Pleistocene interval "largely characterized by the presence of Globorotalia tumida flexuosa as has been observed in numerous sections from the low latitude Atlantic realm. However, this subspecies is apparently controlled by environment rather than time (in low latitude Pacific sections it is present for only a brief interval in the Early Pliocene, as is the case in well Bodjonegoro-1. Java)."

Last occurrence (top): near top of PT1b subzone (89% up, 0.1Ma, in Tarantian 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 lower part of PT1b subzone (34% up, 0.4Ma, in Ionian 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:

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
Taxon plotted: Globorotalia flexuosa, synonyms included - Globorotalia flexuosa; Globorotalia menardii flexuosa;
See also space-time plot :: Samples map :: Parent: tumida lineage

Primary source for this page: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983, p.158

References:

Aze, T. et al. (2011). A phylogeny of Cenozoic macroperforate planktonic foraminifera from fossil data. Biological Reviews. 86: 900-927. gs

Bé, A. W. H. & McIntyre, A. (1970). Globorotalia menardii flexuosa (Koch): An 'extinct' foraminiferal subspecies living in the northern Indian Ocean. Deep-Sea Research. 17: 595-601. gs

Berggren, W. A. et al. (1995a). Late Neogene chronology: New perspectives in high-resolution stratigraphy. Geological Society of America, Bulletin. 107(11): 1272-1287. gs

Brummer, G-J. A. & Kucera, M. (2022). Taxonomic review of living planktonic foraminifera. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 41: 29-74. gs

Joyce, J. E., Tjalsma, L. R. C. & Prutzman, J. M. (1990). High-resolution planktic stable isotope record and spectral analysis for the last 5.35 m.y: Ocean Drilling Program site 625 Northeast Gulf of Mexico. Paleoceanography. 5(4): 507-529. gs

Kennett, J. P. & Srinivasan, M. S. (1983). Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera. Hutchinson Ross Publishing Co., Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. 1-265. gs

Koch, R. (1923). Die jungtertiare Foraminiferenfauna von Kabu (Res. Surbaja Java). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 18: 342-357. gs

Stewart, D. R. M. I. (2003). Evolution of Neogene globorotaliid foraminifera and Miocene climate change. PhD thesis, Bristol University. 1-269. 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. gs

Globorotalia flexuosa compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 7-6-2023

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test outline:	Ovate	chamber arrangement:	Trochospiral	edge view:	Inequally biconvex	aperture:	Umbilical-extraumbilical
sp chamber shape:	Crescentic	coiling axis:	Low	periphery:	Single keel	aperture border:	Thin flange
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:	6.0-7.0	N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable