Taxonomy
Original description: "Test lobulate, coiled in low trochospiral coil with four to five chambers in last whorl. Chambers spherical, initially; becoming ovate in cross-section in last whorl; in spiral and umbilical views, chambers broad in last whorl; separated by slightly curved to straight, depressed, radial sutures. Test with three whorls of chambers increasing rapidly in size; chambers of early whorl small in comparison to those of last whorl. Surface of test coarsely rugose in well-preserved specimens. Umbilicus shallow and wide. Primary aperture extraumbilical to nearly umbilical in position with large portici when well preserved. Outer wall radial hyaline perforate; septal wall microgranular hyaline perforate; portici microgranular hyaline, perforate (?).
Entries in the Catalog of original descriptions: Whiteinella archaeocretacea, Praeglobotruncana lehmanni
Character matrix
| test outline: | Ovate | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | Compressed | aperture: | Umbilical-extraumbilical |
| sp chamber shape: | Inflated | coiling axis: | Very low | periphery: | N/A | aperture border: | Thin lip |
| umb chbr shape: | Inflated | umbilicus: | Wide | periph margin shape: | Narrowly rounded | accessory apertures: | None |
| spiral sutures: | Strongly depressed | umb depth: | Shallow | wall texture: | Moderately muricate | shell porosity: | |
| umbilical or test sutures: | Strongly 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 D. asymetrica zone (83.65-85.60Ma, top in Santonian stage). Data source: [copied from Chronos database]
First occurrence (base): within R. cushmani zone (94.03-98.69Ma, base in Cenomanian stage). Data source: [copied from Chronos database]
Plot of range and occurrence data:
Huber, B. T., Petrizzo, M. R., Watkins, D. K., Haynes, S. J. & MacLeod, K. G. (2017a). Correlation of Turonian continental margin and deep-sea sequences in the subtropical Indian Ocean sediments by integrated planktonic foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 50: 141-185. gs Leckie, M. (1985). Foraminifera of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval, Greenhorn Formation, Rock Canyon Antoicline, Pueblo, Colorado. In, Pratt, L. M., Kauffman, E. G. & Zelt, F. B. (eds) Fine-grained deposits and biofacies of the Cretaeous Wesern Interior Seaway: Evidence of cyclic sedimentary processes. SEPM Field Trip Guidebook . 4: 139-149. gs Pessagno, E. A. (1967). Upper Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from the western Gulf Coastal Plain. Palaeontographica Americana. 5: 245-445. 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. gsReferences:

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Whiteinella archaeocretacea compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 10-5-2026
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