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Current identification/main database link: Globorotalia Cushman 1927
See also: Pulvinulina menardii tumida - type species;Globorotalia (Globorotalia) - also used a sub-genus;
Original Description
Test trochoid, early chambers often like Globigerina, dorsal side often flat, the ventral side broadly convex, aperture usually umbilicate, wall frequently roughened throughout, mostly pelagic.
Extra details from original publication
Upper Cretaceous to Recent.
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