Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca Said & Kenaway 1956 (TaxonConcept

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Species Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca Said & Kenaway 1956

Diagnosis / Definition:

Pearson et al. (2006):
DESCRIPTION. See Olsson and others (1999) for a more complete description and discussion of this species.

Discussion / Comments:

Pearson et al. (2006):
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.- Distinguished by its elliptical to moderately tapering test, weakly depressed sutures, and circular aperture produced on a short neck (see Olsson and others, 1999 for additional information). STRATIGRAPHIC RANGE.- Upper Paleocene Zone P4 to lower Eocene Zone E2 according to Huber and Boersma (l 994).

Systematics:

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Ordo Foraminiferida
  Superfamilia Globigerinaceae
   Familia Heterohelicidae
    Genus Zeauvigerina
     Species Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca

Synonym list:

Olsson et al. (1999):

1956 Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca Said & Kenaway. - Said & Kenaway : p. 141 pl. 4, fig. 1 (Paleocene, Esna Shale, measured section at Nekhl, lat. 29 50'N., long 33 34' E., northern Sinai, Egypt)

1957 Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca Said & Kenaway. - Beckmann : p. 92-93 pl. 21, figs. 9, 11, text-fig. 15 (59-62) (upper Paleocene, Lizard Springs Fm., Trinidad)

1994 Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca Said & Kenaway. - Huber & Boersma : p. 271-272 pl. 2, figs. 6-8 (upper Paleocene, DSPD Site 98/12/1: 119-120 cm, Blake Plateau, Western North Atlantic Ocean)

Pearson et al. (2006):

1956 Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca Said & Kenaway. - Said & Kenaway : p.141 pl. 4; fig. 1 [Paleocene, Esna Shale, northern Sinai, Egypt]

1994 Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca Said & Kenaway. - Huber & Boersma : p. 271-273 text-fig. 6a, 7a-j; pl. 2, fig. 6-8 (illustration of USNM paratype and Beckmann's 1957 hypotypes) [upper Paleocene zone P5, DSDP Site 98, Northeast Providence Channel, western subtropical North Atlantic Ocean]

1999 Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca Said & Kenaway. - Olsson et al. : p.95 text-fig. 36a; pl. 71, fig. 19-20 [upper Paleocene, Bahama Platform]

2006 Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca Said & Kenaway. - Pearson et al. : p.482 pl. 16.4; fig. 1, 2 (Pl. 16.4, Figs. l, 2: new SEMs of holotype of Zeauvigerina aegyytiaca Said and Kenawy)

References:

Said,R. and Kenaway,A. (1956):
Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary Foraminifera from Northern Sinai, Egypt . Micropaleontology Vol. 2 p. 105-173

Beckmann,J.P. (1957):
Chiloguembelina Loeblich and Tappan and Related Foraminifera from the Lower Tertiary.
In: Studies in Foraminifera, United States National Museum Bulletin Vol. 215 Eds: Loeblich, A.R.et al. p. 83-95

Huber,B.T. and Boersma,A. (1994):
Cretaceous Origin of Zeauvigerina and its Relationship to Paleocene Biserial Planktonic Foraminifera . Journal of Foraminiferal Research Vol. 24 p. 268-287

Olsson,R.K.; Berggren,W.A.; Hemleben,C. and Huber,B.T. (1999):
Atlas of Paleocene planktonic foraminifera - online version. , Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology Vol. 85 p. 1-252

Pearson,P.N.; Olsson,R.K.; Hemleben,C.; Huber,B.T. and Berggren,W.A. (2006):
Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera. p. 1-513

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