Large Benthic Foraminifera Pfendericonus Globulus Sirel & Deceviler In Sirel Et Al., 2020 (Priabonian Of Turkey): A Junior Synonym Of Pfendericonus Mindanaoensis Matsumaru, 2017 (Thanetian? Of The Philippine Archipelago)
Author
Schlagintweit, Felix
Lerchenauerstr. 167, 80935 München, Germany
felix.schlagintweit@gmx.de
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Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae
2022
2021-10-04
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journal article
10.35463/j.apr.2022.01.05
1842-371x
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Pfendericonus mindanaoensis
Matsumaru 2017
Fig. 1
a-b
This
species was described by
Matsumaru (2017)
from the
Island of Mindanao
,
Philippine Archipelago
and
two specimens
were figured. The two illustrated specimens of
Chrysalidina
sp.
(
Matsumaru, 2017
, pl. 4, figs. 10-11) are here also considered to belong to
P. mindanaoensis
. The description includes a low-conical test (almost globular; diameter up to
1.36 mm
) displaying wedge-like chambers and a test diameter up to
1.36 mm
. The age was indicated as Selandian (= “Tertiary a0 stage of larger foraminifera” senus Matsumaru). Comparing the assemblage of this stage which includes species such as
Broeckinella arabica
Henson
(=? Vania
anatolica
Sirel & Gündüz),
Coskinon rajkae
Hottinger & Drobne
,
Idalina sinjarica
Grimsdale
(Assemblage
2 in
Matsumaru, 2017
), a Thanetian age is more likely (e.g.,
Pignatti et al., 2008
;
Di Carlo et al., 2010
).