Spiroplectinella deperdita (d'Orbigny, 1846)       

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Textulariana  Order: Spiroplectamminida  Family: Spiroplectamminidae

found in the Mainz Basin   Upper Rhine Plain   Germany   Kriegsfeld

Geological Time: Paleogene  Oligocene  Rupelian
Bodenheim Formation

the image is contributed by Prof. Dr. Kirsten I. Grimm

View of a specimen of Spiroplectinella deperdita (d'Orbigny, 1846)


The identification is based upon:
Grimm, K. I., 2002: Foraminiferal zonation of early Oligocene deposits (Selztal Group, Latdorfian, Rupelian) in the Mainz Basin, Germany in Journal of Micropalaeontology, 21 page 67-74. Plate 1, Fig. 7