Foraminifera - Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Alternative combinations: Globigerinoides sicanus, Praeorbulina sicana
Full reference: T. De Stefani. 1950. Su alcune manifestazioni di idrocarburi in provincia di Palermo e descrizione di foraminiferi nuovi. Plinia; periodico di scienze naturali 3(4):1-12
Belongs to Trilobatus according to A. R. Lam and R. M. Leckie 2020
See also Bolli and Saunders 1985, Gibson 1983 and Kennett and Srinivasan 1983
Sister taxa: Trilobatus bisphericus, Trilobatus immaturus, Trilobatus praeimmaturus, Trilobatus primordius, Trilobatus quadrilobatus, Trilobatus sacculifer, Trilobatus trilobus
Subtaxa: Globigerinoides sicanus praesicanus
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of North Pacific (1 collection)
• Pliocene of North Pacific (8)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Indian Ocean (28), North Atlantic (3), North Pacific (60), South Pacific (8), United States (1: Maryland)
• Neogene of South Pacific (1)
• Oligocene of North Pacific (1)
• H. alabamensis HOZ of South Pacific (1)
Total: 113 collections including 117 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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