• ?Globigerina bulloides d’Orbigny var. cryptomphala Glaessner 1937:29, pl. 1, fig. 1a,b [upper Eocene, northern Caucasus].
• Globigerina cryptomphala Glaessner. Toumarkine and Luterbacher, 1985:149, fig. 42, 5a-b [reillustration of holotype], 42.6 [reillustration of Catapsydrax pera (Todd) from Charollais and others, 1980, pl. 5, fig. 14, lower Oligocene, Marnes à Foraminifères, Haute-Savoie, France].
• Globigerina corpulenta Subbotina, 1953:101, pl. 9, figs. 5a-7c (5a-c = holotype) [upper Eocene zone of Globigerinoides conglobatus and large Globigerina, northern Caucasus], pl. 10, fig. 1a-c [upper Eocene, subzone with large Globigerina, White Series, Kuban River, northern Caucasus], pl. 10, fig. 2a-c [upper Eocene Globigerinoides conglobatus Zone, Upper White Series, Mangyshlak Dzhaman-Kyzylyt, western Kazakhstan], pl. 10, fig. 3a-c [upper Eocene zone of Globigerinoides conglobatus and large Globigerina, Kheu River, northern Caucasus], pl. 10, fig. 4a,b [upper Eocene Lagenid zone, Kiev Stage (kw), Krasnoarmeisk, Stalingrad (Volgograd) region, Russia].
• Subbotina corpulenta (Subbotina).—Olsson and others, 2006:129-134, pl. 6.7, figs. 1-3 [SEMs of holotype of Globigerina corpulenta Subbotina, VNIGRI No. 4033, upper Eocene, Foraminiferal layer Series F3, Kheu River, northern Caucasus], fig. 4 [middle Eocene Zone P12, Istra More-3 well, north Adriatic Sea], fig. 5 [middle Eocene Zone P14, Istra More-3 well, north Adriatic Sea], figs. 6-8 [lower-middle Eocene Zone P9, Aragon Fm, Mexico], figs. 9, 10 [upper Eocene Zone E14, Globigerina corpulenta Zone, Belaglin Clay Fm., Kuban River, North Caucasus], figs. 11-14 [upper Eocene Zone E14, ODP Hole 1053A, Blake Nose, western North Atlantic Ocean].—Pearson and Wade, 2015:13, fig. 10.3 [upper Eocene Zone E15/16, TDP Site 12, Stakishari, Tanzania], fig. 10.4 [lower Oligocene Zone O1, TDP Site 17, Stakishari, Tanzania].
• Globigerina pseudoeocaena Subbotina var. pseudoeocaena Subbotina, 1953:81 (partim, not holotype), pl. 5, fig. 6a-c [lower-middle Eocene Zone of conical Globorotalia, Kuban River, northern Caucasus]. [Not Subbotina, 1953.]
• Globigerina pera Todd, 1957:301, pl. 70, figs. 10, 11 [upper Eocene, Saipan, northern Mariana Islands].
• Globigerinita pera (Todd).—Blow and Banner, 1962:112, pl.14, figs. E-H [lower Oligocene Globigerina oligocaenica Zone, Lindi area, Tanzania].
• Catapsydrax pera (Todd).Charollais and others, 1980, pl. 5, fig. 14 [lower Oligocene, Marnes à Foraminifères, Haute-Savoie, France].
• Globigerina (Subbotina) eocaena Gümbel.—Hagn and Lindenberg, 1969:236 (partim; not pl. 1, figs. 2a-4). [Not Gümbel, 1868.]
• Globorotaloides suteri Bolli.Blow, 1979, pl. 247, fig. 10 [lower Oligocene Zone P19/P20, Cipero Fm., Trinidad]. [Not Bolli, 1957.]
• Globigerina gortanii (Borsetti).Leckie and others, 1993:123, pl. 3 (partim), fig. 7 [upper Oligocene Subzone P21b, ODP Hole 803D, Ontong Java Plateau, Pacific Ocean], fig. 11 [upper Oligocene Zone P22, ODP Hole 803D, Ontong Java Plateau, Pacific Ocean], fig. 13 [lower Oligocene Zone P19, ODP Hole 803D, Ontong Java Plateau, Pacific Ocean], figs. 8, 10 [lower Oligocene Zone P18, ODP Hole 628A, Bahama Bank, Atlantic Ocean], figs. 12, 14 [upper Oligocene Zone P22, ODP Hole 628A, Bahama Bank, Atlantic Ocean]. [Not Borsetti, 1959.]
• ?Globigerina cf. G. gortanii (Borsetti).Cifelli, 1982, pl. 1, fig. 4 [upper Oligocene, Globorotalia opima Zone, Trinidad].
• ?Subbotina senilis (Bandy).Rincón and others, 2007, pl. 6, fig. 6 [upper Oligocene, Paragloborotalia opima Zone, Carmen Fm., Bolívar, Colombia]. [Not Bandy, 1949 = junior synonym of S. jacksonensis.]
• Not Catapsydrax perus (Todd).Fleisher, 1974, pl. 4, fig. 7 (= Catapsydrax unicavus).

Subbotina corpulenta can be common in Oligocene low latitude assemblages. The specimen selected for a holotype by Subbotina (1953) lacks a cantilevered ultimate chamber, but she discusses the common presence of a ‘bulla’ in the specimens she studied from Northern Caucasus. The ultimate chamber can be highly variable in S. corpulenta in terms of size, position and development; in some of our specimens it is well developed, appearing more as a cantilevered ultimate chamber with a lip or tooth. The name corpulenta indicating fat or stout is somewhat misleading. Our specimens are not particularly high-spired or portly, especially in comparison to large forms such as gortanii. [Wade et al. 2018]

As in Olsson and others (2006) we consider Globigerina pera Todd from the upper Eocene to be a junior synonym of Subbotina corpulenta, however, many specimens have been confused with Catapsydrax unicavus (see Chapter 4, this volume). Globigerinita riveroae Bermúdez is considered to be a junior synonym of Catapsydrax dissimilis (see Chapter 4, this volume). [Wade et al. 2018]

Globigerina hagni Gohrbandt (1967) was previously assigned to Subbotina by various authors including Poore and Brabb (1977) and Olsson and others (2006). Rögl and Egger (2012) re-examined and illustrated the type specimens described by Gohrbandt and concluded that S. hagni belonged in the genus Parasubbotina. We support their conclusions here. The specimens (not illustrated) assigned to S. hagni in Wade and Pearson (2008) with a stratigraphic range that extended into lower Oligocene Zone O1 are now considered to be S. corpulenta (see Pearson and Wade, 2015, for discussion). [Wade et al. 2018]

“The species is characterized by its generally large adult size, moderately elevated initial spire, lobulate test, globular chambers and the cantilevered ultimate chamber directed over the umbilicus” (Olsson and others, 2006:130). It is distinguished from Subbotina eocaena by its less developed lip and common bulla-like ultimate chamber. The frequency of a bulla-like chamber on S. corpulenta could lead to confusion with the genus Catapsydrax (e.g., Blow, 1979, pl. 247, fig. 10) and Subbotina gortanii (Leckie and others, 1993, pl. 3). However, S. corpulenta is distinguished from C. unicavus by its more lobate periphery, less compact coiling and generally more incised sutures, and from S. gortanii by its lower trochospire and more lobate periphery. [Wade et al. 2018]

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