Paleogene larger rotaliid foraminifera from the western and central Neotethys

• Main Author: Hottinger, Lukas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bassi, Davide (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Fossil fuels.; Economic geology.; Paleontology.; Geobiology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Economic Geology.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).

This book provides a representative assessment of the state of the art of research on Paleogene rotaliid larger foraminifera. It gives an overview of the current understanding of systematics of this group and, in particular, of its biostratigraphic importance and palaeobiogeography. The senior autho...

Table of Contents:

• Rotaliid shell architecture and the palaeodiversity of the Lockhartia Sea
• The system of the Rotaliidae, an overview
• Subfamily Rotaliinae Ehrenberg, 1839
• New subfamily Redmondininae
• New subfamily Lockhartiinae
• New subfamily Kathininae
• New subfamily Daviesininae
• Some taxa that are or remain excluded from the family Rotallidae
• Rotaliid taxa with uncertain affinities.