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Catalog entries: Globigerina rubescens, Globoturborotalita decorata, Globigerina rosacea
Type images:Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Globoturborotalita): Trochospiral test with a single, large, open umbilical aperture. Cancellate wall. 4-4½ chambers in final whorl
This taxon: Like G. decoraperta but very small and with small circular aperture, shell usually reddish.
Morphology:
Wall type:
Size:
Character matrix
test outline: | Lobate | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | Concavo-convex | aperture: | Umbilical |
sp chamber shape: | Globular | coiling axis: | Moderate | periphery: | N/A | aperture border: | Thin lip |
umb chbr shape: | Globular | umbilicus: | Wide | periph margin shape: | Broadly rounded | accessory apertures: | None |
spiral sutures: | Weakly depressed | umb depth: | Deep | wall texture: | Cancellate | shell porosity: | Macroperforate: >2.5µm |
umbilical or test sutures: | Moderately depressed | final-whorl chambers: | 4-4 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable |
In modern oceans a common, warm water, species [SCOR WG138]
Geographic distribution
Most likely ancestor: Globoturborotalita decoraperta - at confidence level 3 (out of 5). Data source: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983, fig.8; Aze et al. 2011.
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: present in the plankton (SCOR WG138)
First occurrence (base): within N20 zone (3.1-4.37Ma, base in Zanclean stage). Data source: Chaisson & Pearson (1997)
Plot of occurrence data:
Primary source for this page: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983, p.50
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Globoturborotalita rubescens compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 8-12-2023
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