"Rosalina" marginata REUSS 1845 (Foraminifera) and its taxonomic position

• Published in: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia
• Main Author: Neagu, Theodor
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2012
• Subjects: Upper Cretaceous; planktonic foraminifera; taxonomy; new name; Geology; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol57/iss2/art4; https://doi.org/10.5038/1937-8602.57.2.4; https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/context/geologia/article/1099/viewcontent/4_Neagu.pdf

The central idea of this article is the obligation of a micropaleontologist to respect without any doubt the rules and demands stipulated by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), in order to avoid taxonomical mistakes. An unusual example of confusion generated by disregard for the ICZN Code rules is the case of Rosalina marginata REUSS. The species Rosalina marginata REUSS, 1845 emend. REUSS, 1854 is here transferred to the genus Dicarinella. Other specimens illustrated as “Marginotruncana marginata†for example the “neotype†established by Jirova (1956) are placed in the new species Marginotruncana pseudomarginata nom. novum.