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Globigerinidae


Classification: pf_cenozoic -> Globigerinidae
Sister taxa: Globigerinidae, Globorotaliidae, Hantkeninidae, Truncorotaloididae, Globanomalinidae, Genera incertae sedis ⟩⟨ Hastigerinidae ⟩⟨ Globigerinitidae, Candeinidae, Antarcticella ⟩⟨ Guembelitrioidea, Benthic origins, hidden
Informal groups are based on the phylogeny of Aze et al. 2011 (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)Granddaughter taxa
Globigerina group
Beella
Digitate chambers:
Beella digitata
Beella praedigitata
Beella sp.

Globigerina
Low trochospirally enrolled, globose test; 3-5, globular chambers in final whorl. Aperture interiomarginal, umbilical, a high arch bordered by a thin rim-like lip or thick imperforate lip. Wall spinose; spines supported by spine collars which coalesce to form ridges.
Globigerina bulloides
Globigerina falconensis
Globigerina neofalconensis
Globigerina umbilicata
Globigerina archaeobulloides
Globigerina officinalis
Globigerina sp.

Globigerinella
Test initially trochospiral, becoming nearly planispiral; globular to ovate chambers; aperture umbilical; fine spines cover the test

Protentella
Like Globigerinella but adult chambers radially elongate. (Late Miocene - Pliocene)
Protentella nicobarensis
Protentella prolixa
Protentella sp.

Quiltyella
Like Globigerinella but adult chambers radially elongate. (Oligocene - Mid Miocene)
Quiltyella clavacella
Quiltyella nazcaensis
Quiltyella sp.

Globigerinoides group
Ciperoella
Like Globoturborotalita, but with distinctive reticulate wall, and 4½-5 chambers in final whorl
Ciperoella anguliofficinalis
Ciperoella angulisuturalis
Ciperoella ciperoensis
Ciperoella fariasi
Ciperoella sp.

Globigerinoides
Supplementary apertures, with ruber/sacculifer-type spinose wall texture

Globigerinoidesella
Supplementary apertures, cancellate wall & elongate extensions to final chamber.
Globigerinoidesella fistulosa
Globigerinoidesella sp.

Globoturborotalita
Trochospiral test with a single, large, open umbilical aperture. Cancellate wall. 4-4½ chambers in final whorl

Orbulina
Spherical terminal chamber:
Orbulina universa
Orbulina suturalis
Orbulina sp.

Praeorbulina
Terminal chamber partially enveloping previous chambers
Praeorbulina circularis
Praeorbulina glomerosa
Praeorbulina curva
Praeorbulina sp.

Sphaeroidinella
Like Sphaeroidinellopsis but with supplementary apertures
Sphaeroidinella dehiscens
Sphaeroidinella sp.

Sphaeroidinellopsis
trochospiral test, globular chambers, and a heavy, smooth, shiny cortex
Sphaeroidinellopsis paenedehiscens
Sphaeroidinellopsis kochi
Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina
Sphaeroidinellopsis disjuncta
Sphaeroidinellopsis sp.

Trilobatus
Supplementary apertures and cancellate wall.

Turborotalita
Minute, with bullate extension of the final chamber, smooth wall, large pores and short conical spines concentrated along the periphery.
Turborotalita clarkei
Turborotalita humilis
Turborotalita quinqueloba
Turborotalita praequinqueloba
Turborotalita carcoselleensis
Turborotalita sp.

Globoquadrina group
Dentoglobigerina
Trochospiral test with umbilically restricted aperture and usually one or more umbilical teeth

Globoquadrina
Trochospiral with quadrate to subquadrate profile; aperture in interiomarginal / umbilical-extraumbilical, one or more tooth-like projections extending into the umbilicus.
Globoquadrina conglomerata
Globoquadrina dehiscens
Globoquadrina sp.

Paragloborotalia group
Catapsydrax
Like Globorotaloides but more compact, radially compressed, with appressed inflated chambers in the final whorl, and always with bulla
Catapsydrax indianus
Catapsydrax dissimilis
Catapsydrax globiformis
Catapsydrax africanus
Catapsydrax howei
Catapsydrax unicavus
Catapsydrax sp.

Clavatorella
low trochospiral test, later chanbers radially elongate and club shaped.
Clavatorella bermudezi
Clavatorella sp.

Paragloborotalia
Very low trochospiral test with low-arched umbilical-extraumbilical aperture with a thick lip; 4-5 chambers in the ultimate whorl, and a coarsely cancellate, sacculifer-type wall.

Protentelloides
Laterally compressed, often with bulla/bullate final chamber
Protentelloides dalhousiei
Protentelloides primitivus
Protentelloides sp.

Paleogene genera
Eoglobigerina
Low, trochospiral test, 4-6½ globular chambers in final whorl; umbilicus small and open to the apertures of surrounding chambers. Wall cancellate and spinose wall with spine holes along the ridges.
Eoglobigerina spiralis
Eoglobigerina edita
Eoglobigerina eobulloides
Eoglobigerina sp.

Globigerinatheka
Medium to large, subspherical to spherical tests; multiple secondary apertures, frequently covered by bullae.

Globorotaloides
Trochospiral test, ovate to spherical chambers; final chamber often small/bulla-like; cancellate wall.
Globorotaloides hexagonus
Globorotaloides oveyi
Globorotaloides atlanticus
Globorotaloides stainforthi
Globorotaloides eovariabilis
Globorotaloides quadrocameratus
Globorotaloides suteri
Globorotaloides testarugosus
Globorotaloides variabilis
Globorotaloides sp.

Guembelitrioides
Like Subbotina gortanii group but with supplementary sutural apertures.
Guembelitrioides nuttalli
Guembelitrioides sp.

Orbulinoides
Spherical test with numerous small secondary apertures
Orbulinoides beckmanni
Orbulinoides sp.

Parasubbotina
Very low trochospiral test, chambers increasing rapidly in size; aperture high-arched umbilical-extraumbilical aperture. At most 5 chambers in final whorl.

Pseudoglobigerinella
Inflated, nearly involute, globular test, asymmetrical equatorial aperture; wall reticulate, Clavigerinella-type wall texture. May show uncoiling.
Pseudoglobigerinella bolivariana
Pseudoglobigerinella sp.

Subbotina
Low trochospiral, tripartite test, with 3-4 rapidly inflating, globular chambers in final whorl. Umbilicus nearly closed by tight coiling. Wall cancellate with spines at nodes of the ridges, +/- spine collars.

Taxonomy

Citation: Globigerinidae Carpenter, Parker,&Jones, 1862
taxonomic rank: Family
Synonyms:
Taxonomic discussion:

The family Globoquadrinidae was erected by Blow (1979) to include Globoquadrina and Dentoglobigerina plus other genera (Globorotaloides and Globigerinita, which is now regarded as a microperforate genus) that are no longer believed to be closely related. The critical feature that linked these groups, according to Blow, was a shift in aperture from a more extraumbilical to intraumbilical position during ontogeny, and significant differences in wall textures were not taken into account. Olsson and others (2006a) retained the family but in a very different sense, uniting two genera (Globoquadrina and Dentoglobigerina) that were believed, at that time to be nonspinose, and hence were excluded from the spinose Globigerinidae. These genera are now regarded as spinose or descended from a closely related spinose form (see Pearson and Wade, 2015, and Chapter 11, this volume) hence they are now included in family Globigerinidae. [Coxall & Spezzaferri 2018]

A great variety of species and genera with diverse morphologies evolved from the simple trochospiral globigerine forms in the Paleocene. Only the genera Eoglobigerina, Parasubbotina, and Subbotina are represented in the Paleocene. [Olsson et al. 1999]

Catalog entries: Globigerinidae, Globoquadrinidae

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (pf_cenozoic): This is a polyphyletic grouping including all Cenozoic planktonic foraminifera
This taxon: Wall spinose, usually with 3½-6 globular chambers in final whorl, trochospiral or planispiral

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

Biogeography and Palaeobiology

Most likely ancestor: Truncorotaloididae - at confidence level 2 (out of 5). Data source: Based on interpretation of Praemurica as ancestor of Eoglobigerina .
Likely descendants: Globorotaliidae; Hantkeninidae; Hastigerinidae; plot with descendants

Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within P0 zone (66.00-66.04Ma, base in Danian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database

Plot of occurrence data:

Primary source for this page: Olsson et al. 2006 - Eocene Atlas, chap. 5, p. 69

References:

Carpenter, W. B., Parker, W. K. & Jones, T. R. (1862). Introduction to the study of the Foraminifera. Published for the Ray society by R. Hardwicke, London. 1-319. gs O

Coxall, H. K. & Spezzaferri, S. (2018). Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of Oligocene Catapsydrax, Globorotaloides, and Protentelloides. In, Wade, B. S., Olsson, R. K., Pearson, P. N., Huber, B. T. & Berggren, W. A. (eds) Atlas of Oligocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication . 46(Chap 4): 79-124. gs

Olsson, R. K., Pearson, P. N. & Huber, B. T. (2006c). Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of Eocene Catapsydrax, Globorotaloides, Guembelitrioides, Paragloborotalia, Parasubbotina, and Pseudoglobigerinella n. gen. In, Pearson, P. N., Olsson, R. K., Hemleben, C., Huber, B. T. & Berggren, W. A. (eds) Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication . 41(Chap 5): 67-110. gs O


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I noticed an imprecision in the description of the genus Globigerinoides. The wall texture must be ruber type or ruber/sacculifer type, instead of bulloides type.

Thank you.

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Alessio

i somehow missed your comment until just now but i have corrected the description now.

thank you Jeremy