Archaeoglobigerina Pessagno 1967 (foram)

Foraminifera - Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae

Alternative spelling: Archeoglobigerina

Full reference: E. A. Pessagno. 1967. Upper Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from the Western Gulf Coastal Plain. Palaeontographica Americana 5(37):245-441

Parent taxon: Globotruncanidae according to A. Bertels 1970

See also Kiessling 2003, Longoria and VonFeldt 1991 and Pessagno 1967

Sister taxa: Dicarinella, Gansserina, Globotruncana, Globotruncanella, Globotruncaninae, Marginotruncana, Rugoglobigerina, Rugotruncana

Subtaxa: Archaeoglobigerina blowi Archaeoglobigerina bosquensis Archaeoglobigerina cretacea

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Nigeria (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Chile (8), Croatia (1), Egypt (5), Germany (1), Italy (1), Poland (1), Sweden (2), Tunisia (11), Turkey (3), United States (2: Texas)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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