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Globigerinoides tenellus
Taxonomy
Globigerinoides tenella was named by Parker (1958). It is not a trace fossil.
It was corrected as Globigerinoides tenellus by Kennett and Srinivasan (1983), Ragaini et al. (2007); it was recombined as Globoturborotalita tenella by Aze et al. (2011).
It was corrected as Globigerinoides tenellus by Kennett and Srinivasan (1983), Ragaini et al. (2007); it was recombined as Globoturborotalita tenella by Aze et al. (2011).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. altiapetura, G. bolli, G. conglobatus, G. cyclostoma, G. extremes, G. helicinus, G. hellcinus, G. impensus, G. obiquus, G. obliquus, G. quadrilobatus, G. quadrilobatus, G. quadrilobatus, G. rubber, G. subsacculifer, G. transitorius, G. altiapertura, G. diminutus, G. fistulosus, G. immaturus, G. kennetti, G. obliquus, G. parawoodi, G. praeprimordius, G. primordius, G. pyramidalis, G. quadrilobatus, G. rubescens, G. seiglei, G. seigliei, G. subquadratus, G. triloba
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1958 | Globigerinoides tenella Parker |
| 1983 | Globigerinoides tenellus Kennett and Srinivasan p. 80 |
| 2007 | Globigerinoides tenellus Ragaini et al. p. 233 |
| 2011 | Globoturborotalita tenella Aze et al. |
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†Globigerinoides tenellus Parker 1958
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. L. Parker 1958 | Test small for the genus, ratio of width to length ca. 6: 7; chambers rather rapidly increasing in size as added, four in the final whorl, rounded in outline; sutures depressed; wall roughened by dense, short spines; ventral aperture large, almost circular in outline, dorsal aperture small, narrow, at inner inner side of the final chamber, the earlier dorsal apertures in most cases apparently filled by shell material. Maximum diameter ea. 0.36 mm |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (73 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (257532) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (255486) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | North Pacific | Globigerinoides tenellus (251379) | |
| Messinian | Tanzania | Globigerinoides tenellus (202214) | |
| Pliocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (258655) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (252204 252205 255460) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (255458) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (252201 252202 252203 255437 255455 256075 256076 259592 259593) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | North Pacific | Globigerinoides tenellus (254046) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (259591) | |
| Pleistocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (258634 258636 258638 258640) | |
| Pleistocene | North Pacific | Globigerinoides tenellus (251346 251347 251349 251353 251823 251824 251825 251826 251827 252582 253355 254035 254036 254037 254039) | |
| NN19 | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (250517 250518 250519 250520 250522) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | Globigerinoides tenellus (77008) | |
| Cobb Mountain | North Pacific | Globigerinoides tenellus (250181) | |
| C1r.2r | North Pacific | Globigerinoides tenellus (250173 250174 250175) | |
| Matuyama | North Pacific | Globigerinoides tenellus (250161) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (252189 252190 252191 252193 255058 255059 255060 256070 256072 259590) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (252182 252183) | |
| Brunhes | North Pacific | Globigerinoides tenellus (250153 250154 250155 250158) | |
| NN21 | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (254154) | |
| NN21 | North Pacific | Globigerinoides tenellus (253085) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indian Ocean | Globigerinoides tenellus (252180 252181 253113 253115) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | North Atlantic | Globigerinoides tenellus (265930) |