CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Globigerina compacta Hofker 1956
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Citation: Globigerina compacta Hofker 1956Rank: SpeciesType age (chronostrat): not designated. Figured specimens from the Paleocene (figs. 17, 21 ) and from the upper part of horizon d of the beds at Maastricht (fig. 16), which is of Dano-Paleocene age (Hofker, 1956, op. cit., p. 52 ).Type locality: Not designated Figured specimens from the Curfs quarry at Houthem, near Maastricht, southern Limburg, Netherlands.Type repository: Haarlem, Netherlands Geological Survey
Current identification:
Original Description A very small species with very thin walls. Always four chambers in the last-formed whorl, close-coiled, spiral side high, sutures not very depressed, aperture large, crescent - shaped, umbilical, but the umbilicus closed. Size: Etymology: Extra details from original publication
Editors' Notes
References:
Hofker, J. (1956b). Foraminifera from the Cretaceous of southern Limburg, Netherlands; XIX - Planctonic foraminifera of the chalk tuff of Maestricht and environments. Maandblad. 45(5-6): +53+-. gs
Globigerina compacta compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project teamviewed: 6-2-2023
Hofker 1956-Maas p57 f16.JPG
Hofker 1956-Maas p57 f17.JPG
Hofker 1956-Maas p57 f21.JPG
Hofker 1956-Maas p57 f16.JPG
Hofker 1956-Maas p57 f17.JPG
Hofker 1956-Maas p57 f21.JPG
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