Taxonomy
Original description: 0,25—0,6'"gross, kreisrund, sehrniedergedrückt, scheiben- förmig. Das Gewinde sehr wenig erhaben, aus zwei Umgängen bestehend; der lezte mit 6 Kammern. Im Ganzen 10—12 Kammern, oval, sehr schief, bogenförmig. Jede ist auf der obern Fläche am äussern Rande mit einem sehr schmalen, erhabenen Saume eingefasst, in der Mitte sehr flach gewölbt oder selbst seicht konkav ; an der untern Fläche sind sie massig gewölbt und durch wenig tiefe Nähte gesondert die ,viel weniger schief verlaufen, als auf der obern Fläche. Der äussere Umfang der Kammern senkrecht abgestutzt. Die untere Fläche weit genabelt. Die Oberfläche des ganzen Gehäuses mit kleinen Spitzen dicht übersäet. T. VIII, F. 54 stellt einen Steinkern dar.
Entries in the Catalog of original descriptions: Rosalina marginata, Globotruncana fresnoensis, Thalmanninella wicheri
Emended description:
Character matrix
test outline: | Lobate | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | Equally biconvex | aperture: | Umbilical-extraumbilical |
sp chamber shape: | Petaloid | coiling axis: | Low | periphery: | Double keel | aperture border: | Coalescing portici |
umb chbr shape: | Trapezoidal | umbilicus: | Wide | periph margin shape: | Subangular | accessory apertures: | None |
spiral sutures: | Raised beaded | umb depth: | Deep | wall texture: | Smooth | shell porosity: | |
umbilical or test sutures: | Moderately depressed | final-whorl chambers: | 5-8 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within D. asymetrica zone (83.65-85.60Ma, top in Santonian stage). Data source: [copied from Chronos database]
First occurrence (base): within H. helvetica zone (92.51-93.52Ma, base in Turonian stage). Data source: [copied from Chronos database]
Plot of range and occurrence data:
Falzoni, F., Petrizzo, M. R., Jenkyns, H. C., Gale, A. S. & Tsikos, H. (2016). Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and assemblage composition across the Cenomanian–Turonian boundary interval at Clot Chevalier (Vocontian Basin, SE France). Cretaceous Research. 59: 69-97. gs Pessagno, E. A. (1967). Upper Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from the western Gulf Coastal Plain. Palaeontographica Americana. 5: 245-445. gs O Reuss, A. E. (1845a). Die Versteinerungen der böhmischen Kreide-formation. E. Schweizebart, Stuttgart. 1-58. gs O Robaszynski, F., Caron, M. & le Groupe de Travail Européen des Foraminifères Planctoniques (1979). Atlas des Foraminiféres Planctoniques du Crétace Moyen (Mer Boréale et Téthys). Cahiers de Micropaléontologie. 1 & 2: 1-185. gs Robaszynski, F., Caron, M., Gonzales Donoso, J. M., Wonders, A. A. H. & the European Working Group on Planktonic Foraminifera (1984). Atlas of Late Cretaceous globotruncanids. Revue de Micropaléontologie. 26(3-4): 145-305. gsReferences:
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Marginotruncana marginata compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 25-4-2025
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