PLECTOERATIDUS SUBARCTICUS, N.GEN., N.SP., A NEW AGGLUTINATED FORAMINIFER FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF THE WESTERN BARENTS SEA

• Main Authors: Kaminski, MA, Setoyama, E, Tyszka, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: POLISH GEOLOGICAL SOC 2009
• Subjects: Foraminifera; Late Cretaceous; new genus; new species; biometrics; Barents Sea; Kviting; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/403867/

We describe the new foraminiferal genus and species Plectoeratidus subarcticus n.gen. n.sp., from the Upper Cretaceous deep-water deposits of the Kviting and Kveite formations in the western Barents Sea. The genus is characterised by its planispiral-biserial-uniserial chamber arrangement, terminal a...