Caudammina ovuloides ODP Leg 149,Portugal,,Paleocene,Paleogene,, Foraminifera

Caudammina ovuloides (Grzybowski, 1901)

Class: Nodosariata Subclass: Hormosinana Order: Hormosinida Family: Hormosinidae

found ODP Leg 149

Site 900

off Biscaya and Iberia Portugal

Geological Time: Paleogene Paleocene

the images are published under public domain in the below cited scientific report of the

IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Caudammina ovuloides (Grzybowski, 1901)

size about 470µm

The identification is based upon:

Kuhnt, W. and Collins, E.S., 1996: Cretaceous to Paleogene benthic foraminifers from the Iberia abyssal plain. in Whitmarsh, R.B., Sawyer, D.S., Klaus, A., and Masson, D.G. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 149: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). Plate 1, Fig. 8

dataset number: FEU-1008373

Citation:
Kuhnt, W. and Collins, E.S., 1996: Cretaceous to Paleogene benthic foraminifers from the Iberia abyssal plain. in Whitmarsh, R.B., Sawyer, D.S., Klaus, A., and Masson, D.G. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 149: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). Plate 1, Fig 8