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Linked specimens: USNM-472992 USNM-5866 USNM-5874
Current identification/main database link: Morozovella occlusa (Loeblich and Tappan 1957)
Remarks: Globorotalia occlusa, new species, differs from G. velascoensis (Cushman) and G. acuta Toulmin in being smaller, of less thickness, and in having a small, almost closed umbilicus in place of the wide umbilicus and sharply angled, highly ornamented umbilical shoulder. It also differs from G. velascoensis in having fewer chambers per whorl and from G. acuta in having elevated sutures on the spiral side. It differs from G. crater Finlay in having a more narrow umbilicus and a less elevated umbilical side.
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Loeblich, A. R. & Tappan, H. (1957b). Loeblich, A. R. & Tappan, H. (1957). Planktonic foraminifera of Paleocene and early Eocene Age from the Gulf and Atlantic coastal plains. In, Loeblich, A. R. , Jr. , Tappan, H. , Beckmann, J. P. , Bolli, H. M. , Montanaro Gallitelli, E. & Troelsen, J. C. (eds) Studies in Foraminifera. U.S. National Museum Bulletin. 215: 173-198. In, Loeblich, A. R. , Jr., Tappan, H., Beckmann, J. P., Bolli, H. M., Montanaro Gallitelli, E. & Troelsen, J. C. (eds) Studies in Foraminifera. U.S. National Museum Bulletin . 215: 173-198. gs Olsson, R. K., Hemleben, C., Berggren, W. A. & Huber, B. T. (1999). Olsson, R. K., Hemleben, C., Berggren, W. A. & Huber, B. T. (1999). Atlas of Paleocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 1-252. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. (85): 1-252. gsReferences:
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