Class: Astrorhizata  Subclass: Astrorhizana  Order: Astrorhizida  Family: Psammosphaeridae

 

found at  Foula Subbasin

core slide 206/3-1, 6800-6820 field 6

   Norwegian Sea   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Cretaceous  Upper Cretaceous  Maastrichtian

Caudammina ovula/Remesella varians Zone

 

the image is made by Michael Hesemann and the specimen stored at

 

 

the black strip is not an opening

 

The identification is based upon:

 Kaminski, M.A., Gradstein, F.M. et. al., 2005: Atlas of Paleogene Cosmopolitan Deep-water Agglutinated Foraminifera.    Plate 9, Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1013151