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

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14865-1 (52m depth)

   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

 

 

scale bar 100µm

 

The identification is based upon:

 Hayward, B. W., Holzmann, M., Tsuchiya, M., 2019: Combined Molecular and Morphological Taxonomy of the Beccarii/T3 Group of the Foraminiferal Genus Ammonia  in Journal of Foraminiferal Research 49(4), October 2019, p. 367-389   Plate n.a., Fig. 3-5

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018831