Morozovelloides lehneri DSDP Leg 47 Site 398,Portugal,,Eocene,Paleogene,, Foraminifera

Morozovelloides lehneri (Cushman and Jarvis, 1929)

Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Globigerinana Order: Globigerinida Family: Truncorotaloididae

found in a core of DSDP Leg 47 Site 398

Site 398

off Biscaya and Iberia Portugal

Geological Time: Paleogene Eocene

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

IODP, ODP and DSDP

View of a specimen of Morozovelloides lehneri (Cushman and Jarvis, 1929)

size about 430µm
the identification is revised based on Pearson et alt., 2006 Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera

The identification is based upon:

Iaccarino, S., Premoli Silva, I., 1979: Paleogene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of DSDP Hole 398D, Leg 47B, Vigo Seamount, Spain. Ryan, W.B.F., Sibuet, J.-C., et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 47 Part 2 of the cruises of the drilling vessel Glomar Challenger, Vigo, Spain to Brest, France; April-May 1976. Plate 1, Fig. 13

dataset number: FEU-1008853

Citation:
Iaccarino, S., Premoli Silva, I., 1979: Paleogene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of DSDP Hole 398D, Leg 47B, Vigo Seamount, Spain. Ryan, W.B.F., Sibuet, J.-C., et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 47 Part 2 of the cruises of the drilling vessel Glomar Challenger, Vigo, Spain to Brest, France; April-May 1976. Plate 1, Fig 13