{"title":"Note on A Peculiar Fusuline Sample from the Pennsylvanian of the Cantabrian Zone (Spain): Observations and Intriguing Questions","authors":"E. Villa, K. Ueno, O. Merino-Tomé","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.52.2.108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.2.108","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper discusses four peculiar cases of foraminiferal occurrences in a limestone bed of the Pennsylvanian (Myachkovian, upper Moscovian) of the Cantabrian Zone (northern Spain), which raise questions as to their possible interpretation: (1) the true range of the genus Pseudostaffella; (2) the possible marked tendency towards a thickness increase shown by the wall of the genus Putrella; (3) the origin of the apparent deformations observed in part of the fusulines, especially in some Beedeina specimens, here interpreted as alterations probably due to a foraminiferal disease; and (4) the observations made on clusters of recently found fused foraminifera, which invalidate one of the hypotheses so far provided to explain these aggregations while opening perspectives towards new interpretations. A new species, Putrella crassa Villa & Ueno, is introduced.","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47138566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obituary for Dr. Alberto D. Albani 1935-2021","authors":"B. Hayward, Rossana Serandrei-Barbero","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.52.2.120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.2.120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48166839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obituary for Professor John W. Murray, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., A.R.C.S., D.I.C., F.G.S. 1937-2021","authors":"F. Gregory, R. Schiebel, E. Alve","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.52.2.122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.2.122","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46136140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Taiana Regina Silva de Oliveira, L. D. dos Santos, P. Eichler, C. Barker, R. Barcellos
{"title":"Benthic Foraminifera of Tropical Estuarine-Lagoonal-Bays System, in the Suape Harbor, Brazil: A Case Study","authors":"Taiana Regina Silva de Oliveira, L. D. dos Santos, P. Eichler, C. Barker, R. Barcellos","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Suape Industrial Port Complex is one of the main Brazilian public ports that has caused several geomorphological changes in Ipojuca and Suape estuarine-lagoonal-bays since its construction. The present study deals with the first status on the Suape port ecosystem, recorded from 41 sediment samples throughout the Massangana/Tatuoca and Ipojuca/Merepe estuarine systems. Species diversity values are higher in the seaward part of the bays and decreases toward the inner parts. The dominance of Ammonia tepida in the inner portions of the bays is indicative of environmental instability and pollution of coastal waters. Eggerella spp., unusual in Brazilian fauna, was present only in the innermost portion of the Tatuoca estuary, in the dredged channel, where heavy metal impacts have been reported. Amphistegina gibbosa, Triloculina oblonga, and Quinqueloculina lamarckiana are represented on the outside of the bays and are indicative of high hydrodynamic marine environments. The Ipojuca and Merepe rivers presented the highest ecological index, possibly attributed to the marine and terrestrial/mangrove influence for the region. We infer that geomorphological transformation caused by the Suape Port installation modified and established environments with distinct characteristics, mainly in the Suape Bay dredged area, indicative of possible eutrophication of this environment. The new data may be useful for determining environmental conditions and establishing new ways to monitor the consequences of anthropogenic interference and dredging in the Massangana/Tatuoca and Ipojuca/Merepe estuarine systems.","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42548698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urbanellina, New Name for the Mississippian Foraminiferal Genus Urbanella Malakhova, 1963, Emended Brenckle, 1997","authors":"P. Brenckle","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.57","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.57","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In a recent online paper Vachard & Le Coze (2021) pointed out that the Mississippian foraminifer Urbanella Malakhova, 1963, is a homonym of a protozoan described by Schepotieff (1912). Vachard & Le Coze (2021) proposed that Malakhova's genus name be replaced by Banffella Mamet, 1970, that they consider to be a junior synonym as suggested by Reitlinger (1981). Loeblich & Tappan (1987) rejected that synonymy, a conclusion supported by a later morphological study of Urbanella (Brenckle, 1997). Urbanella and Banffella, based on comparison of their type species (Quasiendothyra urbanaMalakhova, 1954, and Endothyra? banffensisMcKay & Green, 1963), share almost no morphological features and are not synonymous as discussed in the following paragraphs. A new name Urbanellina is proposed herein to replace the homonym Urbanella Malakhova, 1963.","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48798732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. E. Amergian, S. Beckwith, C. Gfatter, C. Selden, P. Hallock
{"title":"Can Areas of High Alkalinity Freshwater Discharge Provide Potential Refugia for Marine Calcifying Organisms?","authors":"K. E. Amergian, S. Beckwith, C. Gfatter, C. Selden, P. Hallock","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.60","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.60","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Springs Coast of Florida, USA (northeast Gulf of Mexico), includes an extensive system of springs and spring-fed streams that discharge billions of liters of water daily. The spring waters have high alkalinity and high calcium concentrations due to the Paleogene limestone lithology of this region. Benthic foraminifers are abundant on the shallow shelf, including Archaias angulatus which hosts chlorophyte symbionts. This study was motivated by the hypothesis that areas of discharge from limestone lithofacies may provide refugia for calcifying organisms during ocean acidification. Environmental data and sediment samples were available from 41 sites at depths <8 m. Benthic foraminiferal species identified (142) included 65 porcelaneous, 65 hyaline, and 12 agglutinated taxa, with 13 species sufficiently common to make up ≥2% total relative abundance. Overall, 58% of the specimens were porcelaneous and most of the remainder were hyaline. Smaller miliolids dominated in samples from most of the inshore polyhaline sites (22–30), while hyaline taxa co-dominated the more offshore sites (salinities >30), representing a distribution reversal compared to previous reports from Gulf of Mexico coastal habitats. The elevated alkalinity and calcium ion concentrations associated with freshwater discharge from limestone lithofacies allows Ar. angulatus and small miliolids to thrive in polyhaline waters.","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46306238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Özcan, A. O. Yücel, S. Mitchell, J. Pignatti, M. Simmons, A. Okay, Levent Sina Erkızan, Münire Nur Gültekin
{"title":"New Records of Caudriella Haman and Huddleston from the Middle and Late Eocene of Neo-Tethys: Taxonomic and Palaeobiogeographic Implications","authors":"E. Özcan, A. O. Yücel, S. Mitchell, J. Pignatti, M. Simmons, A. Okay, Levent Sina Erkızan, Münire Nur Gültekin","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.21","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The middle to upper Eocene mixed carbonate-clastic and siliciclastic deposits of the Şevketiye and Keşan formations in northwest Turkey yielded unique assemblages of larger benthic foraminifera, some displaying a typical orbitoidiform test, not comparable to any known taxa in the Palaeogene of the Neo-Tethys. These specimens with a flat, discoidal test, occasionally with an indistinct central depression, possess a central layer of equatorial chambers/chamberlets displaying a cyclical (orbitoidal) growth pattern and thick lateral layers with numerous chamberlets. The megalospheric embryonic apparatus possesses three small chambers (a triconch, the chambers of which are separated by notably thin walls), followed by a large auxiliary chamberlet. These specimens closely correspond to the genus Caudriella Haman and Huddleston and its type-species Margaritella ospinae (Caudri) that has only previously been reported with confidence from the Caribbean region, notably the type locality within the middle Eocene Punta Mosquito Formation at Margarita Island off Venezuela. Caudriella at its type locality also possesses a trilocular embryonic apparatus, which was incorrectly interpreted as arranged in a rectilinear or slightly curved row. The diagnosis of Caudriella is emended and considering the similarities in their equatorial sections with closely associated Linderina Schlumberger, a comparison of their embryonic-nepionic stages is given from the same deposits in NW Turkey and with those from the middle Eocene of the Sulaiman Range (Pakistan) and Kutch (India). A new record of primitive Caudriella is presented from Jamaica. The palaeobiogeographic distribution of Caudriella is reconsidered, being recorded from both the American/Caribbean and the Western Neo-Tethys bioprovinces. Limited data suggest eastward directed dispersal of the genus, even though this would be counter to most of the prevailing surface currents during the Eocene.","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46789081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christer Dominique Pereira, S. Khanolkar, Santanu Banerjee, E. Özcan, P. Saraswati
{"title":"Larger Benthic Foraminifera and Microfacies of Late Paleocene - Early Eocene Sections in Meghalaya, Northeast India","authors":"Christer Dominique Pereira, S. Khanolkar, Santanu Banerjee, E. Özcan, P. Saraswati","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.40","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Late Paleocene-Early Eocene sections from Lakadong Limestone (Mawmluh Quarry) and Umlatdoh Limestone (Komorrah Quarry) in Meghalaya, Northeast India were examined for larger benthic foraminiferal microfacies and carbon isotopes. We generated high-resolution age models using larger benthic foraminifera biostratigraphy and recorded the change in microfacies. The LBF microfacies in SBZ 3 (∼58–60.7 Ma) and SBZ 4 (56–58Ma) is dominated by Miscellanea, Glomalveolina, Ranikothalia, orthophragminids, dasycladalean green algae and coralline red algae, indicating that deposition occurred within inner to mid-ramp environments. An abrupt shift in the depositional setting from open marine Lakadong Limestone to restricted marine Lakadong Sandstone across the PETM possibly indicates major changes in hydrological cycle during the extreme warmth that followed the PETM. The marine sedimentation continued during the Early Eocene (SBZ 7–9 corresponding to 55.1–52.8 Ma) within Meghalaya that led to the formation of Umlatdoh Limestone dominated by Halimeda, Alveolina, and miliolids. The larger foraminiferal extinction and origination in the Meghalaya basin is marked by the extinction of late Palaeocene Ranikothalids, Glomalveolinids, dominating the Lakadong Limestone and the dominance of Alveolinids and Discocylinids in the early Eocene Umlatdoh Limestone.","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47438807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2021 Joseph A. Cushman Award Winner: Karen Luise Knudsen","authors":"M. Seidenkrantz, H. Filipsson","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45036478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ObituaryProf. M. S. Srinivasan (09-10-1938 to 29-04-2021)","authors":"A. Singh","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.51.4.332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.51.4.332","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44685995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}