Elphidium margaritaceum ODP Leg 149 Site 898,Portugal,,Pleistocene,Quaternary,, Foraminifera

Elphidium margaritaceum (Cushman, 1930)

Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Rotaliana Order: Elphidiida Family: Elphidiidae

found in a core of ODP Leg 149 Site 898

Site 898

off Biscaya and Iberia Portugal

Geological Time: Quaternary Pleistocene

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

IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Elphidium margaritaceum (Cushman, 1930)

The identification is based upon:

Collins, E.S., Scott, D.B. and Zhang, J., 1996: Quaternary and Neogene Benthic Foraminifers from Sites 898 and 900, Iberia Abyssal Plain. 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 3, Fig. 13

dataset number: FEU-1008436

Citation:
Collins, E.S., Scott, D.B. and Zhang, J., 1996: Quaternary and Neogene Benthic Foraminifers from Sites 898 and 900, Iberia Abyssal Plain. 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 3, Fig 13