Morozovella

Morozovella velascoensis, from Berggren & Pearson (2006).

Belongs within: Globorotaliida.

Morozovella is a genus of planktonic foraminiferans with strongly anguloconical chambers, and the wall strongly pustulose on parts of the spire and umbilicus.

Morozovella McGowran 1968MO81
|--M. apanthesmaM12
`--+--M. angulata (White 1928)M12, MO81 [=Globorotalia angulataMO81]
`--+--M. conicotruncataM12
`--M. velascoensis (Cushman 1925)M12, MO81 (see below for synonymy)

Morozovella incertae sedis:
M. acuta (Toulmin 1941) [=Globorotalia wilcoxensis var. acuta, G. (Morozovella) velascoensis acuta]MO81
M. aequa (Cushman & Renz 1942) [=Globorotalia crassata var. aequa, Truncorotaloides (Morozovella) aequus]MO81
M. aragonensisM12
M. craterH90
M. formosaMO81
M. gracilisFJ05
M. lehneriHSA97
M. marginodentataFJ05
M. occlusa (Loeblich & Tappan 1957) [=Globorotalia occlusa, G. (Morozovella) velascoensis occlusa]MO81
M. pusillaMO81
M. spinulosaHSA97
M. subbotinae (Morozova 1939) [=Globorotalia subbotinae; incl. G. rex Martin 1943, G. (Morozovella) aequa rex]MO81

Morozovella velascoensis (Cushman 1925) [=Pulvinulina velascoensis, Globorotalia velascoensis, Truncorotaloides (Morozovella) velascoensis]MO81

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[FJ05] Friedman, M., & G. D. Johnson. 2005. A new species of Mene (Perciformes: Menidae) from the Paleocene of South America, with notes on paleoenvironment and a brief review of menid fishes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (4): 770–783.

[HSA97] Haig, D. W., M. Smith & M. C. Apthorpe. 1997. Middle Eocene Foraminifera from the type Giralia Calcarenite, Gascoyne Platform, Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Alcheringa 21: 229–245.

[H90] Hayward, B. W. 1990. Use of foraminiferal data in analysis of Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 20: 71–83.

[MO81] Mancini, E. A., & G. E. Oliver. 1981. Planktic foraminifers from the Tuscahoma Sand (upper Paleocene) of southwest Alabama. Micropaleontology 27 (2): 204–225.

[M12] McGowran, B. 2012. Cenozoic environmental shifts and foraminiferal evolution. In: Talent, J. A. (ed.) Earth and Life: Global biodiversity, extinction intervals and biogeographic perturbations through time pp. 937–965. Springer.

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