Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Rosalinidae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14705-1

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the raw material was provided by Leon Hoffman, the specimens were picked by Michael Hesemann and the images are made by

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Hayward, B.W.; Grenfell, H.R.; Reid, C.M.; Hayward, K.A., 1999: Recent New Zealand shallow-water benthic foraminifera: taxonomy, ecologic distribution, biogeography, and use in paleoenvironmental assessments   Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences monograph 21. 264 pp. Plate 10, Fig. 15-17

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018777