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Globorotalia juanai


Classification: pf_cenozoic -> Globorotaliidae -> Globorotalia -> hirsuta lineage -> Globorotalia juanai
Sister taxa: G. hirsuta, G. eastropacia, G. margaritae, G. juanai ⟩⟨ G. bermudezi, G. scitula, G. praescitula ⟩⟨ G. cibaoensis, G. gigantea, G. challengeri

Taxonomy

Citation: Globorotalia juanai Bermudez & Boli 1969
Taxonomic rank: species
Basionym: Globorotalia juanai
Synonyms: NB Globorotalia margaritae primitiva Cita was also considered a synonym by Kennett & Srinivasan 1983 but was  regarded as a distinct sub-species by Stewart (2003) and Aze et al. (2011).
Variants:

Catalog entries: Globorotalia juanai, Globorotalia martinezi, Globorotalia andalusiana, Globorotalia praemargaritae

Type images:

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (hirsuta lineage): G. scitula - juanai - margaritae - hirsuta lineage
This taxon: Like G. scitula but periphery rounded and early chambers umbonate

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:

Small, very low trochospiral, biconvex, equatorial periphery slightly lobate

Aperture: Interiomarginal umbilical-extraumbilical low arch or slit bordered by a thin lip [Aze 2011, based on Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]


Morphology:
Test small, very low trochospiral, biconvex, equatorial periphery slightly lobulate ; axial periphery rounded with a tendency to become subangular; chambers inflated on umbilical side, 4 to 4½ in the final whorl, increasing moderately to rapidly in size; sutures on spiral side oblique, depressed , on umbilical side radial, depressed; surface smooth, finely and densely perforate, pustulate on early chambers on umbilical side; umbilicus narrow; aperture interiomarginal, extraumbilical-umbilical, a low arch or slit bordered by a thin lip. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]

Wall type:
Non-spinose; Smooth [Aze 2011]

Character matrix
test outline:Lobatechamber arrangement:Trochospiraledge view:Inequally biconvexaperture:Umbilical-extraumbilical
sp chamber shape:Crescenticcoiling axis:Lowperiphery:N/Aaperture border:Thin lip
umb chbr shape:Subtriangularumbilicus:Narrowperiph margin shape:Moderately roundedaccessory apertures:None
spiral sutures:Weakly depressedumb depth:Shallowwall texture:Smoothshell porosity:Macroperforate: >2.5µm
umbilical or test sutures:Weakly depressedfinal-whorl chambers:4-4.5 N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable

Biogeography and Palaeobiology


Geographic distribution

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

[SCOR WG138]


Isotope paleobiology
Aze et al. 2011 ecogroup 4 - Open ocean sub-thermocline. Based on comparison with other species of the genus

Phylogenetic relations
Gr. (H) juanai is distinguished from Gr. (H) scitula and Gr. (H) margaritae by its rounded periphery and umbonate early chambers. We are in agreement with Stainforth et al. (1975) that Gr. (H) juanai was a direct descendant of Gr. (H) scitula, and, in turn, developed into the Gr. margaritae-Gr. hirsuta bioseries. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]

Most likely ancestor: Globorotalia scitula - at confidence level 3 (out of 5). Data source: Kennett & Srinivasan (1983) NB Stewart 2003 fig. 6.10; Aze et al. 2011, appendix 5 suggest juanai and praemargaritae are separate species and that juanai is closer to challengeri;.
Likely descendants: Globorotalia margaritae; plot with descendants

Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within N18 zone (5.20-5.72Ma, top in Zanclean stage). Data source: Chaisson & Pearson (1997)
First occurrence (base): near base of M13a subzone (13% up, 9.7Ma, in Tortonian 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.134

References:

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

Bermudez, P. J. & Bolli, H. M. (1969). Consideraciones sobre los sedimentos del mioceno medio al reciente de las costas central y oriental de Venezuela. Tercera Parte. Los foraminiferos planctonicos. Boletin de Geologia. 10(20): 137-223. gs

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

Perconig, E. (1968). Nuove specie di foraminiferi planctonici della Sezione di Carmona (Andalusia, Spagna). Committee Mediterranean Neogene Stratigraphy. 35(3): 219-232. gs

Perconig, E., Martinez, C. & Granado, L. (1980). Globorotalia andalusiana, nueva especie de foraminfero del Mioceno terminal (Andaluciense). Rev. Espanola Micropal., Madrid, Spain, 1980, vol. 12, no. I, pp. 27-31. Revista Española de Micropaleontología. 12(1): 27-31. gs

Stainforth, R. M., Lamb, J. L., Luterbacher, H., Beard, J. H. & Jeffords, R. M. (1975). Cenozoic planktonic foraminiferal zonation and characteristics of index forms. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Articles. 62: 1-425. gs O


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