Nummulites millecaput Boubée, 1832

By oilshale

• April 1, 2019

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Nummulitidae
Genus: Nummulites
Species: Nummulites millecaput
Author Citation Boubée, 1832

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Lutetian (late)

Stratigraphy

Adelholzen Formation

Provenance

Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1986
Acquired by: Field Collection

Dimensions

Thickness: .3 cm
Diameter: 4.5 cm

Location

Höllgraben
Bad Adelholzen
Bavaria
Germany

• bad adelholzen
• eocene
• lutetian
• nummulites
• siegsdorf

Comments

The size is the most striking characteristic of this foraminifera species. They can reach up to 10cm in diameter.

References:

A. M. HEYNG (2012): Neugliederung der Adelholzener Schichten (Eozän, Nordhelvetikum) im Raum Siegsdorf-Bad Adelholzen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Großforaminiferen und Molluskenfauna (Teile 1 und 2). - Documenta naturae, 186: 1-105, 12 Abb.+Tab., 5 Taf., App.; München.