Foraminifera - Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Alternative combinations: Globorotalia margaritae, Hirsutella margaritae
Full reference: H. M. Bolli and P. J. Bermudez. 1965. Zonation based on planktonic foraminifera of middle Miocene to Pliocene warm-water sediments. Boletín informativo - Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo 8:119-149
Belongs to Globorotalia (Hirsutella) according to A. R. Lam and R. M. Leckie 2020
See also Shipboard Scientific Party 2004
Sister taxa: Globorotalia (Hirsutella) bermudezi, Globorotalia (Hirsutella) challengeri, Globorotalia (Hirsutella) cibaoensis, Globorotalia (Hirsutella) juanai, Globorotalia (Hirsutella) scitula, Globorotalia (Hirsutella) theyeri, Hirsutella hirsuta, Hirsutella praescitula
Subtaxa: Globorotalia margaritae evoluta Globorotalia margaritae primitiva
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (1 collection), Italy (1), North Atlantic (6), North Pacific (4)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (13), South Pacific (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (114), Italy (1), North Atlantic (31), North Pacific (35), South Atlantic (9), South Pacific (13), Timor-Leste (22), United States (1: North Carolina)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (48), North Pacific (7), South Atlantic (9), South Pacific (10)
• G. tumida/G. nepenthes CRZ - Atlantic of Indian Ocean (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (2), North Pacific (2), Timor-Leste (22)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (52), North Atlantic (43), North Pacific (27), South Atlantic (17), South Pacific (4), Timor-Leste (17)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (2)
Total: 524 collections including 583 occurrences
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