On <i>Wondersella athersuchi,</i> a new stratigraphically significant hedbergellid foraminiferan from the Cretaceous Shuaiba Formation of the Middle East

Banner, F. T.; Strank, A. R. E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.6.1.39

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.6.1.39

© Author(s) 1987. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.6.1.39

© Author(s) 1987. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

01 May 1987

| 01 May 1987

On Wondersella athersuchi, a new stratigraphically significant hedbergellid foraminiferan from the Cretaceous Shuaiba Formation of the Middle East

F. T. Banner and A. R. E. Strank

Abstract. Wondersella athersuchi, gen. et sp. nov., is a uniquely streptospiral hedbergellid apparently confined to the latest Aptian in pelagic micritic limestones of the Middle East. This taxon probably characterised highly stratified, oceanic-marginal environments of central, palaeoequatorial Tethys.