Foraminifera - Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Full reference: T. G. Gibson. 1983. Key foraminifera from upper Oligocene to lower Pleistocene strata of the central Atlantic coastal plain. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53:355-453
Belongs to Elphidium according to T. G. Gibson 1983
Sister taxa: Elphidium advenum, Elphidium asagaiense, Elphidium californicum, Elphidium discoidale, Elphidium ingressans, Elphidium lanieri, Elphidium latispatium, Elphidium latispatium pontium, Elphidium margaritaceum, Elphidium nitidium, Elphidium oceanicum, Elphidium omotoensis, Elphidium sagrum, Elphidium simplex, Elphidium yumotoense
Type specimen: USNM 240133
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Croatan Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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