Taxonomy
Original description: Test trochospiral; spiral side convex; ventral side flat to nearly flat. Eighteen to twenty chambers arranged in 2.5 to 3 whorls; 6 to 7 chambers in outer whorl. Equatorial periphery rounded or slightly lobulate; axial periphery sharp to sharplly rounded. Single keel on outer whorl; double keel on preceding one. Sutures on umbilical side radial to curved, raised, showing subtrapexoidal chambers;sutures on spiral side curved, raised and beaded. In younger specimens, umbilical sutures of last chambers are depressed, like those of its ancestor, Dicarinella aff. hilalensis (Barr), while those of older specimens become sigmoidal. Primary aperture interiomarginal, extraumbilical-umbilical in position. Umbilicus large, diameter approximately 1/3 of diameter of test or more. Test surface generally smooth. Wall perforate except for keel and ornamentation, which are imperforate.
Entries in the Catalog of original descriptions: Marginotruncana pileoliformis
Character matrix
test outline: | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | aperture: | |||
sp chamber shape: | coiling axis: | Low-moderate | periphery: | Single keel | aperture border: | ||
umb chbr shape: | umbilicus: | periph margin shape: | accessory apertures: | ||||
spiral sutures: | Raised beaded | umb depth: | wall texture: | shell porosity: | |||
umbilical or test sutures: | Raised beaded | final-whorl chambers: | 6-7 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within D. concavata zone (85.60-89.75Ma, 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:
Lamolda, M. (1977). Lamolda, M. (1977). Three new species of planktonic foraminifera from the Turonian of northern Spain. Micropaleontology. 23: 470-477. Micropaleontology. 23: 470-477. gsReferences:
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Marginotruncana pileoliformis compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 12-5-2025
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