Saga 2/2-4 well, 1800-1900 m (Oligocene of North Atlantic)

Where: North Atlantic (61.8° N, 2.5° E: paleocoordinates 61.0° N, 1.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Lower Oligocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From beds between 1800 m and 1900 m in the Saga 2/2-4 well.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: core, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: BMNH, London.

Primary reference: F. M. Gradstein and M. A. Kaminski. 1997. New species of Paleogene deep-water agglutinated foraminifera from the North Sea and Norwegian Sea. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 67:217-229 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91341: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to foraminifera described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Annectina biedai n. sp.
Annectina biedai n. sp. Gradstein and Kaminski 1997