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Orbitolites americana Cushman, 1918
Orbitolites americana Cushman, 1918
Description  Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 415, Figs. 1-3: Miocene. 1-3, Culebra Formation, Panama Canal Zone; 1, Weathered specimen, x 10; 2, broken test showing cast of exterior and part of preserved test, x 10; 3,large specimen showing breakage and repair, x 13 (from Cushman, 1918).

courtesy of Michael Hesemann https://foraminifera.eu Author Le Coze, François JPG file - 178.64 kB - 650 x 503 pixels added on 2023-05-2375 viewsForaminifera taxa Orbitolites americana Cushman, 1918 † accepted as Miosorites americanus (Cushman, 1918) †checked Le Coze, François 2023-05-23 Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License
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