Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera

About this book

Deep-sea benthic foraminifera have played a central role in biostratigraphic, paleoecological, and paleoceanographical research for over a century. These single-celled marine protists are important because of their geographic ubiquity, distinction morphologies and rapid evolutionary rates, their abundance and diversity deep-sea sediments, and because of their utility as indicators of environmental conditions both at and below the sediment–water interface. In addition, stable isotopic data obtained from deep-sea benthic foraminiferal tests provide paleoceanographers with environmental information that is proving to be of major significance in studies of global climatic change.

Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera collects together, for the first time, new morphological descriptions, taxonomic placements, stratigraphic occurrence data, geographical distribution summaries, and palaeoecological information, along with state-of-the-art colour photomicrographs (most taken in reflected light, just as you would see them using light microscopy), of 300 common deep-sea benthic foraminifera species spanning the interval from Jurassic – Recent.

Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera is intended as a reference and research resource for post-graduate students in micropalaeontology, geological professionals (stratigraphers, paleontologists, paleoecologists, palaeoceanographers), taxonomists, and evolutionary (paleo)biologists.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction

Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera
Abyssamina poagi Schnitker and Tjalsma, 1980
Abyssamina quadrata Schnitker and Tjalsma, 1980
Alabamina creta (Finlay), 1940
Alabamina dissonata (Cushman and Renz), 1948
Ammoanita ingerlisae Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997
Ammobaculites agglutinans (d’Orbigny), 1846
Ammobaculites jarvisi Cushman and Renz, 1946
Ammobaculoides carpathicus Geroch, 1966
Ammodiscus infimus Franke, 1936
Ammodiscus latus Grzybowski, 1898
Ammodiscus pennyi Cushman and Jarvis, 1928
Ammodiscus tenuis (Brady), 1881
Ammolagena clavata (Jones and Parker), 1860
Amphicoryna scalaris (Batsch), 1791
Annectina biedai Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997
Annectina grzybowskii (Jurkiewicz), 1960
Anomalinella rostrata (Brady), 1881
Anomalinoides capitatus (Gümbel), 1868
Anomalinoides globulosus (Chapman and Parr), 1937
Anomalinoides rubiginosus (Cushman), 1926
Anomalinoides semicribratus (Beckmann), 1954
Aragonia aragonensis (Nuttall), 1930
Aragonia velascoensis (Cushman), 1925
Astrononion stelligerum (d’Orbigny), 1839
Bigenerina nodosaria d’Orbigny, 1826
Bolivina decussata Brady, 1881
Bolivina huneri Howe, 1939
Bolivinita quadrilatera (Schwager), 1866
Bolivinoides delicatulus Cushman, 1927
Bolivinoides draco (Marsson), 1878
Brizalina alata (Seguenza), 1862
Brizalina aliformis (Cushman), 1926
Brizalina antegressa (Subbotina), 1953
Brizalina subaenariensis var. mexicana (Cushman), 1922
Brizalina subspinescens (Cushman), 1922
Bulbobaculites problematicus (Neagu), 1962
Bulimina aculeata d’Orbigny, 1826
Bulimina alazanensis Cushman, 1927
Bulimina callahani Galloway and Morrey, 1931
Bulimina elongata d’Orbigny, 1846
Bulimina gibba Fornasini, 1902
Bulimina glomarchallengeri Tjalsma and Lohmann, 1983
Bulimina impendens Parker and Bermúdez, 1937
Bulimina jacksonensis Cushman, 1925
Bulimina jarvisi Cushman and Parker, 1936
Bulimina macilenta Cushman and Parker, 1939
Bulimina marginata d’Orbigny, 1826
Bulimina mexicana Cushman, 1922
Bulimina midwayensis Cushman and Parker, 1936
Bulimina rostrata Brady, 1884
Bulimina semicostata Nuttall, 1930
Bulimina taylorensis Cushman and Parker, 1935
Bulimina thanetensis Cushman and Parker, 1947
Bulimina trinitatensis Cushman and Jarvis, 1928
Bulimina tuxpamensis Cole, 1928
Bulimina velascoensis (Cushman), 1925
Buliminella beaumonti Cushman and Renz, 1946
Buliminella grata Parker and Bermúdez, 1937
Buzasina galeata (Brady), 1881
Cancris auriculus (Fichtel and Moll), 1798
Cancris nuttalli (Palmer and Bermúdez), 1936
Cassidulina teretis Tappan, 1951
Cassidulinoides parkerianus (Brady), 1881
Caudammina excelsa (Dylàzanka), 1923
Caudammina gigantea (Geroch), 1960
Caudammina ovula (Grzybowski), 1896 emend. Geroch, 1960
Chilostomella oolina Schwager, 1878
Chrysalidinella dimorpha (Brady), 1881
Cibicides lobatulus (Walker and Jacob), 1798
Cibicides refulgens de Montfort, 1808
Cibicidina walli Bandy, 1949
Cibicidoides alazanensis (Nuttall), 1932
Cibicidoides barnetti (Bermúdez), 1949
Cibicidoides bradyi (Trauth) 1918
Cibicidoides cicatricosus (Schwager), 1866
Cibicidoides compressus (Cushman and Renz), 1941
Cibicidoides crebbsi (Hedberg), 1937
Cibicidoides dohmi (Bermúdez), 1949
Cibicidoides eocaenus (Gümbel), 1868
Cibicidoides grimsdalei (Nuttall), 1930
Cibicidoides grosseperforatus van Morkhoven and Berggren, 1986
Cibicidoides guazumalensis (Bermúdez), 1949
Cibicidoides havanensis (Cushman and Bermúdez), 1937
Cibicidoides hyphalus (Fisher), 1969
Cibicidoides incrassatus (Fichtel and Moll), 1798
Cibicidoides lamontdohertyi Miller and Katz, 1987
Cibicidoides laurisae (Mallory), 1959
Cibicidoides matanzasensis (Hadley), 1934
Cibicidoides mexicanus (Nuttall), 1932
Cibicidoides micrus (Bermúdez), 1949
Cibicidoides mundulus (Brady, Parker, and Jones), 1888
Cibicidoides pachyderma (Rzehak), 1886
Cibicidoides praemundulus Berggren and Miller, 1986
Cibicidoides robertsonianus (Brady), 1881
Cibicidoides subhaidingerii (Parr), 1950
Cibicidoides subspiratus (Nuttall), 1930
Cibicidoides velascoensis (Cushman), 1925
Cibicorbis hitchcockae (Galloway and Wissler), 1927
Clavulinoides aspera (Cushman), 1926
Conotrochammina voeringensis Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997
Coryphostoma incrassata (Reuss), 1851
Coryphostoma midwayensis (Cushman), 1936
Cribrostomoides subglobosus (Cushman), 1910
Cyclammina cancellata Brady, 1879
Cyclammina pusilla Brady, 1881
Cystammina pauciloculata (Brady), 1879
Cystammina sveni Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997
Discorbinella bertheloti (d’Orbigny), 1839
Eggerella bradyi (Cushman), 1911
Ehrenbergina hystrix Brady, 1881
Elphidium crispum (Linnaeus), 1758
Elphidium macellum (Fichtel and Moll), 1798
Epistominella exigua (Brady), 1884
Eratidus foliaceus (Brady), 1881
Eubuliminella exilis (Brady), 1884
Evolutinella vocontianus (Moullade), 1966
Favocassidulina favus (Brady), 1877
Fissurina orbignyana Seguenza, 1862
Fissurina seminiformis (Schwager), 1866
Frondicularia saggitula van den Broeck, 1876
Fursenkoina bradyi (Cushman), 1922
Fursenkoina complanata (Egger), 1893
Globobulimina pacifica Cushman, 1927
Globocassidulina punctata Berggren and Miller, 1986
Globocassidulina subglobosa (Brady), 1881
Globulina myristiformis (Williamson), 1858
Glomospira charoides (Jones and Parker), 1860
Glomospira gordialis (Jones and Parker), 1860
Glomospirella diffundens (Cushman and Renz), 1946
Glomospirella gaultina (Berthelin), 1880
Gyroidinoides quadratus (Cushman and Church), 1929
Gyroidinoides soldanii (d’Orbigny), 1826
Hanzawaia ammophila (Gümbel), 1868
Hanzawaia caribaea (Cushman and Bermúdez), 1936
Hanzawaia mantaensis (Galloway and Morrey), 1929
Haplophragmoides constrictus Krasheninnikov, 1973
Haplophragmoides multicamerus Krasheninnikov, 1973
Haplophragmoides pervagatus Krasheninnikov, 1973
Haplophragmoides walteri (Grzybowski), 1898
Heterolepa dutemplei (d’Orbigny), 1846
Hippocrepina depressa Vasicek, 1947
Hoeglundina elegans (d’Orbigny), 1826
Hormosina globulifera Brady, 1879
Hormosinella carpenteri (Brady), 1881
Hormosinella distans (Brady), 1881
Hormosinelloides guttifer (Brady), 1881
Hyalinea balthica (Schroeter), 1783
Hyperammina elongata Brady, 1878
Ioanella tumidula (Brady), 1884
Jaculella acuta Brady, 1879
Kalamopsis grzybowskii (Dylàzanka), 1923
Karreriella bradyi (Cushman), 1911
Karreriella novangliae (Cushman), 1922
Karrerulina conversa (Grzybowski), 1901
Lagena sulcata (Walker and Jacob), 1798
Latibolivina subreticulata (Parr) 1932
Laticarinina pauperata (Parker and Jones), 1865
Lenticulina anaglypta (Loeblich and Tappan), 1987
Lenticulina convergens (Bornemann), 1855
Lenticulina gibba (d’Orbigny), 1839
Lenticulina iota (Cushman), 1923
Lenticulina muensteri (Roemer), 1839
Lituotuba lituiformis (Brady), 1879
Loxostomina limbata (Brady), 1881
Loxostomoides applinae (Plummer), 1927
Marginulina obesa Cushman, 1923
Marssonella oxycona (Reuss), 1860
Martinottiella communis (d’Orbigny), 1826
Matanzia bermudezi Palmer, 1936
Melonis barleeanum (Williamson), 1858
Melonis pompilioides (Fichtel and Moll), 1798
Melonis sphaeroides Voloshinova, 1958
Neoconorbina terquemi (Rzehak), 1888
Neoeponides auberii (d’Orbigny), 1839
Neoeponides hillebrandti Fisher, 1969
Neoflabellina jarvisi (Cushman), 1935
Neolenticulina peregrina (Schwager), 1866
Nonion havanense Cushman and Bermúdez, 1937
Nonionella turgida (Williamson), 1858
Nonionellina labradorica (Dawson), 1860
Nummoloculina contraria (d’Orbigny), 1846
Nuttallides truempyi (Nuttall), 1930
Nuttallides umbonifera (Cushman), 1933
Oolina hexagona (Williamson), 1848
Oridorsalis umbonatus (Reuss), 1851
Osangularia culter (Parker and Jones), 1865
Osangularia velascoensis (Cushman), 1925
Parabrizalina porrecta (Brady), 1881
Paratrochammina challengeri Brönnimann and Whittaker, 1988
Patellina corrugata Williamson, 1858
Planularia australis Chapman, 1941
Planularia gemmata (Brady), 1881
Planulina ambigua (Franzenau), 1888
Planulina ariminensis d’Orbigny, 1826
Planulina costata (Hantken), 1875
Planulina foveolata (Brady), 1884
Planulina mexicana Cushman, 1927
Planulina renzi Cushman and Stainforth, 1945
Planulina rugosa (Phleger and Parker), 1951
Planulina subtenuissima (Nuttall), 1928
Planulina wuellerstorfi (Schwager), 1866
Plectofrondicularia parri Finlay, 1939
Plectofrondicularia paucicostata Cushman and Jarvis, 1929
Plectofrondicularia vaughani Cushman, 1927
Pleurostomella brevis Schwager, 1866
Praecystammina globigerinaeformis Krasheninnikov, 1973
Psammosphaera fusca Schulze, 1875
Pseudoclavulina amorpha (Cushman), 1926
Pseudonodosinella elongata (Grzybowski), 1898
Pseudonodosinella nodulosa (Brady, 1879) emend. Loeblich and Tappan, 1987
Pseudonodosinella troyeri (Tappan), 1960
Pseudoreophax cisownicensis Geroch, 1961
Pseudouvigerina plummerae Cushman, 1927
Pullenia bulloides (d’Orbigny), 1846
Pullenia coryelli White, 1929
Pullenia cretacea Cushman, 1936
Pullenia quinqueloba (Reuss), 1851
Pyramidulina sceptrum (Reuss), 1863
Pyrgo comata (Brady), 1881
Pyrgo fornasinii Chapman and Parr, 1935
Pyrgo lucernula (Schwager), 1866
Pyrgo murrhina (Schwager), 1866
Pyrgo serrata (Bailey), 1861
Pyrulina cylindroides (Roemer), 1838
Quadratobuliminella pyramidalis de Klasz, 1953
Ramulina globulifera Brady, 1879
Rectuvigerina mexicana (Cushman), 1926
Rectuvigerina multicostata (Cushman and Jarvis), 1929
Rectuvigerina nodifera (Cushman and Kleinpell), 1934
Rectuvigerina stonei (Bermúdez), 1949
Rectuvigerina striata (Schwager), 1866
Recurvoides contortus Earland, 1934
Reophanus berggreni Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997
Reophax pilulifer Brady, 1884
Reophax subfusiformis Earland 1933 emend. Höglund 1947
Reticulophragmium amplectens (Grzybowski), 1898
Reussella szajnochae (Grzybowski), 1896
Rhabdammina discreta Brady, 1881
Rhabdammina linearis Brady, 1879
Rhizammina indivisa Brady, 1884
Rzehakina epigona (Rzehak), 1895
Rzehakina fissistomata (Grzybowski), 1901
Rzehakina inclusa (Grzybowski), 1901
Saccorhiza ramosa (Brady), 1879
Sigmavirgulina tortuosa (Brady), 1881
Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeri (Silvestri), 1904
Siphogenerinoides brevispinosa Cushman, 1939
Siphogenerinoides eleganta Plummer, 1927
Siphonina pozonensis Cushman and Renz, 1941
Siphonina tenuicarinata Cushman, 1927
Siphotextularia concava (Karrer), 1868
Siphouvigerina porrecta (Brady), 1879
Sphaeroidina bulloides d’Orbigny, 1826
Spiroplectammina spectabilis (Grzybowski), 1898 emend. Kaminski, 1984
Spiroplectinella subhaeringensis (Grzybowski), 1896
Stensioeina beccariiformis (White), 1928
Stensioeina excolata (Cushman), 1926
Stilostomella abyssorum (Brady), 1881
Stilostomella aculeata (Cushman and Renz), 1948
Stilostomella alexanderi (Cushman), 1936
Stilostomella annulifera (Cushman and Bermúdez), 1936
Stilostomella consobrina (d’Orbigny), 1846
Stilostomella lepidula (Schwager), 1866
Stilostomella modesta (Bermúdez), 1937
Stilostomella paleocenica (Cushman and Todd), 1946
Stilostomella spinescens (Reuss), 1851
Stilostomella stephensoni (Cushman), 1936
Stilostomella subspinosa (Cushman), 1943
Tappanina selmensis (Cushman), 1933 emend. Brotzen, 1948
Transversigerina senni (Cushman and Renz), 1941
Transversigerina transversa (Cushman), 1918
Trifarina angulosa (Williamson), 1858
Trifarina bradyi Cushman, 1923
Trifarina carinata (Cushman), 1927
Triloculina tricarinata d’Orbigny, 1826
Triloculina trigonula (Lamarck), 1804
Trochammina abrupta Geroch, 1966
Trochammina inflata (Montagu), 1808
Trochammina quinqueloba Geroch, 1959
Trochamminoides coronatum (Brady), 1879
Trochamminoides grzybowskii Kaminski and Geroch, 1992
Turrilina brevispira ten Dam, 1944
Uvigerina aculeata d’Orbigny, 1846
Uvigerina adelinensis Palmer and Bermúdez, 1949
Uvigerina auberiana d’Orbigny, 1839
Uvigerina basicordata Cushman and Renz, 1941
Uvigerina carapitana Hedberg, 1937
Uvigerina havanensis Cushman and Bermúdez, 1936
Uvigerina hispida Schwager, 1866
Uvigerina laviculata Coryell and Rivero, 1940
Uvigerina mediterranea Hofker, 1932
Uvigerina mexicana Nuttall, 1932
Uvigerina pigmaea d’Orbigny, 1826
Uvigerina proboscidea Schwager, 1866
Uvigerina spinulosa Hadley, 1934
Uvigerinammina jankoi Majzon, 1943
Veleroninoides scitulus (Brady), 1881
Verneuilinoides neocomiensis (Mjatliuk), 1939
Vulvulina pennatula (Batsch), 1798
Vulvulina spinosa Cushman, 1927

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Biography

Ann Holbourn is a paleoceanographer at the University of Kiel, Germany. Her main research interests focus on the evolution and ecology of benthic foraminifera and their geochemical applications for reconstructing ocean circulation and climate change over the Cretaceous and Cenozoic.

Andrew Henderson works in the oil and gas industry as a Senior Stratigrapher for Robertson, a CGG Company. After his PhD research into Jurassic foraminifera, Andrew joined the Natural History Museum, London as a postdoctoral researcher and subsequently became a curator in the Micropalaeontology Division where he has spent most of his career. He works with most groups but has special interest in the taxonomy of agglutinated foraminifera and the biostratigraphy and systematics of benthonic foraminifera from the Middle East.

Norman MacLeod is the former Keeper of Palaeontology, and current Dean of Post-Graduate Education & Training, at The Natural History Museum, London. His main research interests include evolutionary palaeobiology, the patterns and causes of ancient extinction events, stratigraphy, palaeoceanography, and the evolution of body form in organisms.