Taxonomy
Original description: "Test very low trochospiral, nearly planispiral in appearance, much compressed; equatorial periphery strongly lobate; axial periphery rounded. Wall finely perforate, delicately hispid. Chambers five, occasionally six, in final whorl, increasing rather rapidly in size, moderately inflated, ovate, elongate in direction of coiling compressed ovate in axial view. Sutures depressed and gently curved on spiral side, depressed and radial on umbilical side. Aperture a low arch, interiomarginal, umbilical-extraumbilical, bordered by a thin lip; apertures of previously formed chambers open into the umbilicus. Greatest diameter of holotype 0.20 mm., greatest thickness 0.10 mm. Unfigured paratypes range from 0.15 to 0.24 mm. in maximum diameter, from 0.07 to 0.12 mm. in maximum thickness. Greatest diameter of figured paratype 0.26 mm., greatest thickness 0.10 mm. "
Entries in the Catalog of original descriptions: Hedbergella holmdelensis
Character matrix
| test outline: | Lobate | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | Planoconvex | aperture: | Umbilical-extraumbilical |
| sp chamber shape: | Inflated | coiling axis: | Very low | periphery: | N/A | aperture border: | Thin lip |
| umb chbr shape: | Inflated | umbilicus: | Narrow | periph margin shape: | Broadly rounded | accessory apertures: | None |
| spiral sutures: | Strongly depressed | umb depth: | Shallow | wall texture: | Smooth | shell porosity: | Finely Perforate: 1-2.5µm |
| umbilical or test sutures: | Moderately depressed | final-whorl chambers: | 5-6 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable | |||
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within P0 zone (66.00-66.04Ma, top in Danian stage). Data source: [copied from Chronos database]
First occurrence (base): within R. calcarata zone (75.06-75.91Ma, base in Campanian stage). Data source: [copied from Chronos database]
Plot of range and occurrence data:
Huber, B. T. & Leckie, R. M. (2011). Planktic foraminiferal species turnover across deep-sea Aptian/Albian boundary sections. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 41: 53-95. gs Olsson, R. K. (1964b). Late Cretaceous planktonic Foraminifera from New Jersey and Delaware. Micropaleontology. 10(2): 157-188. gsReferences:

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