Taxonomy
Original description: "Test free, low trochospiral, equatorial periphery strongly lobulate, axial periphery rounded. Chambers inflated, subspherical four to five in final whorl; initial chambers increase rapidly in size, final chambers increase gradually. Sprial and umbilical sutures radial to slightly curved, depressed, distinct. Chamber surface coarsely hispid. Wall calcareous, perforate. Umbilicus shallow, wide. Primary aperture extraumbilical-umbilical covered by large flap in well preserved specimens. "Whiteinella archaeocretacea Pessagno may be distinguished from the new species by (1) the larger umbilical cavity and (2) by sausagelike chambers which are compressed in the equatorial plane. Also, the Texas form attains a larger size; specimens range up to 0.70 mm in diameter."R
Entries in the Catalog of original descriptions: Whiteinella baltica, Rugoglobigerina alpina
Character matrix
| test outline: | Quadrate | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | Equally biconvex | aperture: | Umbilical-extraumbilical |
| sp chamber shape: | Globular | coiling axis: | Very low | periphery: | N/A | aperture border: | Thick flange |
| umb chbr shape: | Globular | umbilicus: | Narrow | periph margin shape: | Broadly rounded | accessory apertures: | None |
| spiral sutures: | Strongly depressed | umb depth: | Shallow | wall texture: | Moderately muricate | shell porosity: | |
| umbilical or test sutures: | Strongly depressed | final-whorl chambers: | 4-4 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable | |||
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within G. elevata zone (79.33-83.65Ma, top in Campanian stage). Data source: [copied from Chronos database]
First occurrence (base): within R. cushmani zone (94.03-98.69Ma, base in Cenomanian stage). Data source: [copied from Chronos database]
Plot of range and occurrence data:
Douglas, R. G. & Rankin, C. (1969). Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from Bornholm and their zoogeographic significance. Lethaia. 2: 185-217. gs Leckie, M. (1985). Foraminifera of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval, Greenhorn Formation, Rock Canyon Antoicline, Pueblo, Colorado. In, Pratt, L. M., Kauffman, E. G. & Zelt, F. B. (eds) Fine-grained deposits and biofacies of the Cretaeous Wesern Interior Seaway: Evidence of cyclic sedimentary processes. SEPM Field Trip Guidebook . 4: 139-149. gsReferences:

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