We formally describe a new agglutinated foraminiferal species belonging to the genus Colominella Popescu, 1998 (Textulariida) recovered in two Pliocene successions of the western Mediterranean region. The formal description of Colominella piriniae n. sp. here reported permits the known stratigraphical and geographical range of the genus, previously limited to the Badenian (middle Miocene) of the Paratethys, to be extended into the Pliocene of the Mediterranean. The present work points out the importance of microstructural studies performed on sectioned specimens in taxonomic assignments and reviews.
Colominella piriniae n. sp.: a new textulariid from the Pliocene Mediterranean record
Nicoletta Mancin
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2018-01-01
Abstract
We formally describe a new agglutinated foraminiferal species belonging to the genus Colominella Popescu, 1998 (Textulariida) recovered in two Pliocene successions of the western Mediterranean region. The formal description of Colominella piriniae n. sp. here reported permits the known stratigraphical and geographical range of the genus, previously limited to the Badenian (middle Miocene) of the Paratethys, to be extended into the Pliocene of the Mediterranean. The present work points out the importance of microstructural studies performed on sectioned specimens in taxonomic assignments and reviews.File in questo prodotto:
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