CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Globigerina hoterivica Subbotina 1953
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Citation: Globigerina hoterivica Subbotina 1953Rank: SpeciesType specimens: 5166Type age (chronostrat): HauterivianType locality: Along the Pshish River, Krassnodar Kray, Northern Caucasus, former USSRType repository: St. Petersburg, Russia - VNIGRI
Original Description Test small, strongly convex, turret-shaped, consisting of 3 whorls; there are 4-5 highly inflated rounded chambers in the final whorl; these chambers are closely adjacent to one another so that the whole test looks like a disorganized accumulation of spherical chambers. The chambers grow very uniform in size. The sutures are short, slightly curved, almost straight. The umbilical aperture is a large slit in the extraumbilical area. The aperture has a small raised lip. Wall smooth, finely porous. Average dimensions: Diameter 0.15 mm; greatest thickness 0.10 mm.
References:
Subbotina, N. N. (1953). Foraminiferes fossiles d'URSS Globigerinidae, Globorotaliidae, Hantkeninidae. Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres. 2239: 1-144. gs
Globigerina hoterivica compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project teamviewed: 29-3-2023
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