Foraminifera taxon details

Marginulina ascensionensis Howe & Mcdonald, 1938 †

895906  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:895906)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Howe, H. V., and McDonald, S. M. (1938). Two new species of the foraminiferal genus Marginulina from the Sorrento oil field, La.: Louisiana Geol. Survey, Geol. Bull. 13, pp. 209–210.  [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Marginulina ascensionensis Howe & Mcdonald, 1938 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=895906 on 2024-03-29
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original description Howe, H. V., and McDonald, S. M. (1938). Two new species of the foraminiferal genus Marginulina from the Sorrento oil field, La.: Louisiana Geol. Survey, Geol. Bull. 13, pp. 209–210.  [details]   

basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em>  [details]   

additional source Smith, L. E.; Sen Gupta, B. K. (2021). Henry V. Howe and his collection of Foraminifera at Louisiana State University. <em>Occasional Papers of the LSU Museum of Natural Science.</em> 91: 1-80., available online at https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mnspapers/files/2021/04/Occasional-Paper-91.pdf
note: Holotype, paratype or syntype [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Holotype HVH 1885, Miocene; “from Athens Oil Co.’s United Lands No. 2 well, core at 4330 feet, Sorrento dome,” Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Figured: pl. 1, figs. 1, 2. [details]

Paratype HVH 1887, same sample as holotype, three specimens, figured: pl. 1, figs. 3, 4. [details]