Turborotalia frontosa Subbotina 1953 from: Pearson, P.N.Olsson, R.K.Hemleben, C.Huber, B.T.Berggren, W.A. (2006): Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera. p. 1-513 | . |
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Species Turborotalia frontosa Subbotina 1953 |
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| Diagnosis / Definition: |
Pearson et al. (2006):
DESCRIPTION.
Type of wall: Weakly cancellate with raised
cylindrical pustules on the early chambers, becoming
smoother on final chamber; tendency to defoliate.
Test morphology: Trochospiral, globorotaliform
in early chambers, globigeriniform in last whorl, which
comprises 3-3 1/2 chambers; chambers inflated, radially
compressed, increasing rapidly in size, with final chamber making up about half of test (unless
kummerform, as holotype); dorsal sutures straight,
moderately depressed; aperture a broad, high arch in
intra-extraumbilical position, sometimes extending
almost to periphery, fringed in most specimens by a
pronounced imperforate lip of constant thickness;
umbilicus very narrow; ventral sutures slightly curved,
depressed; strong tendency for dextral coiling.
Size: Holotype length 0.44 mm, breadth 0.31
mm. |
| Discussion / Comments: |
Pearson et al. (2006):
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.-
Turborotalia
frontosa is distinguished from all species of Subbotina
by its pustulose wall texture, high arched aperture and
slightly compressed final chamber, which foreshadows
later species of Turborotalia. It also has a strong bias in
coiling direction. It is distinguished from T.
possagnoensis and other species of Turborotalia by the
relatively globular chamber shape and globigeriniform
morphology in the adult stage.
DISCUSSION.-
Subbotina (1953) illustrated a variable
suite of specimens from the Kuban River section,
demonstrating a broad species concept. The holotype
(figured by SEM for the first time in P1. 15.5, Figs. 1-3)
is a slightly kummerform specimen. Unaware of
Subbotina's work, Bolli (1957c) erected the species
boweri using a specimen (also figured by SEM for the
first time in Plate 15.5, Figs. 5-7) that is very similar to
one of Subbotina's paratypes (her pl. 12, fig. 4a-c). Many
authors (e.g., Dieci, 1965; Toumarkine and Bolli, 1970,
and Stainforth and others, 1975) have considered the
two as synonymous, but some (e.g., Blow, 1979, p. 1264)
have distinguished the two taxa on the basis of the
supposedly tighter coiling of boweri and the fact that
the latter supposedly has three rather than three and a
half chambers in the final whorl. These appare differences can be explained, however, by the reduced
size of the final chamber in Subbotina's holotype.
The distinctive wall texture of this species, and
its ontogenetic development, are discussed in detail by
Hemleben and Olsson (Chapter 4, this volume).
PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS.-
Evolved from
Globanomalina australiformis, according to Hemleben
and Olsson (Chapter 4, this volume).
STRATIGRAPHIC RANGE.-
Lower to middle
Eocene, from within Zone E7 to upper Zone E ll (Toumarkine and Bolli, 1970; Toumarkine and
Luterbacher, 1985).
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.-
Cosmopolitan.
STABLE ISOTOPE PALEOBIOL0GY.-
This species
was a relatively deep-dwelling form according to
Boersma and others (1987; recorded as T. boweri) and
Pearson and others (1993, 2001). |
| Systematics: |
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Ordo Foraminiferida
Superfamilia Globigerinaceae
Familia Hedbergellidae
Genus Turborotalia
Species Turborotalia frontosa
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| Synonym list: |
Pearson et al. (2006):
p 1953 Globigerina frontosa Subbotina. - Subbotina : p.84 pl. 12; fig. 3a-c (holotype),
fig. 4a-c, 6a-7c (paratypes) [upper
Eocene Foraminiferal Layer, Green Series, Acarinina Zone
(upper part), Kuban River, N. Caucasus]
1957 Globigerina boweri Bolli. - Bolli : p.163 pl. 36; fig. 1-2 [Hantkenina aragonensis Zone, Navet Fm., Trinidad]
1961 Globigerina ayalai Bermudez. - Bermudez : p. 1158-1159 pl. 1; fig. 4a-c [lower Eocene, Universidad Fm., Cuba]
1970 Globigerina frontosa Subbotina. - Samanta : p.150 pl. 1; fig. 13-14 [middle Eocene Orbulinoides
beckmanni Zone, Lakhpat Cutch, India]
1975 Globigerina frontosa Subbotina. - Stainforth et al. : fig. 51.1-10 (reillustration from the literature)
1977 Globorotalia cerroazulensis frontosa Subbotina. - Poore & Brabb : p. 259-260 pl. 2, fig. 1-2;
pl. 7, fig. 11 [middle Eocene
Zone P14, San Lorenzo Fm., Santa Cruz Mountains,
California]
1979 Subbotina frontosa frontosa Subbotina. - Blow : p. 1263-1265 pl. 158, fig. 6-7 [middle Eocene Zone P10, Kane
9-C core, Endeavour Seamount, eastern Atlantic Ocean];
pl. 160, fig. 3 [middle Eocene Zone P10, Kane 9-C, 15cm, Endeavour Seamount, eastern Atlantic Ocean];
pl. 162, fig. 10-11;
pl. 163, fig. 1-3 [middle Eocene Zone P10,
Kane 9-C, 42 cm, Endeavour Seamount, eastern Atlantic Ocean];
pl. 175, fig. 4-6 [middle Eocene Zone P11, Sample RS. 24, Kilwa, Tanzania];
pl. 238, fig. 1-4 [Detail of microstructure, same specimen as pl 58; fig. 7]
1979 Subbotina frontosa boweri Bolli. - Blow : p. 1266-1268 pl. 175, fig. 7-9 [middle Eocene Zone P11, Sample RS. 24, Kilwa, Tanzania];
pl. 179, fig. 9;
pl. 184, fig. 8-9 [middle Eocene Zone PI 1, DSDP Site 21A, South Atlantic Ocean]
1979 Subbotina frontosa ayalai Bermudez. - Blow : p. 1265-1266 pl. 158; fig. 5 [middle Eocene Zone P10, Kane 9-C
core, Endeavour Seamount, eastern Atlantic Ocean]
non 1983 Globigerina frontosa Subbotina. - Krasheninnikov & Basov : p.838 pl. 2; fig. 4-7 [middle Eocene, DSDP
Site 5 12, Falkland Plateau, South Atlantic];
[= Subbotina
linaperta (Finlay)]
1985 Globigerina frontosa Subbotina. - Snyder & Waters : p.459 pl. 1; fig. 11-13 [middle Eocene Zone P 11, DSDP Hole 548A, Goban
Spur, North Atlantic Ocean]
1985 Turborotalia cerroazulensis frontosa Subbotina. - Toumarkine & Luterbacher : p. 135-136 fig. 34.11 (reillustration of holotype); 35.16, 18[middle Eocene, Bou Arada, Tunisia]; 35.17 [early middle Eocene, Aragon Fm., Tampico Embayment, Mexico]
1988 Turborotalia frontosa Subbotina. - Poore & Bybell : p.21 pl. 2; fig. 1-3 [middle Eocene, Core ACGS#4,
New Jersey]
1993 Subbotina frontosa Subbotina. - Pearson et al. : pl. 2; fig. 19-21 [middle Eocene, DSDP Site 523, Walvis
Ridge, South Atlantic Ocean]
1995 Turborotalia frontosa Subbotina. - Poag & Commeau : pl. 4, fig. 13;
pl. 5, fig. 3 [Eocene, Salisbury Embayment, Virginia]
2006 Turborotalia frontosa Subbotina. - Pearson et al. : p.447 pl. 15.5; fig. 1-15 (Pl. 15.5, Figs. 1-3: new SEMs of holotype of
Globigerina frontosa Subbotina)
(Pl. 15.5, Figs. 5-7: new SEMs of holotype of
Globigerina boweri Bolli)
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| Specimen: |
VNIGRI collections, St. Petersburg, Inventory number: 4050
VNIGRI collections, St. Petersburg, Inventory number: 4051
VNIGRI collections, St. Petersburg, Inventory number: 4052
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