New insights into the taxonomy and evolution of Jurassic planktonic foraminifera
Journal: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Year: 2021

Abstract Globuligerina glinskikhae nov. sp. Gradstein &amp; Waskowska and Globuligerina waskowskae nov. sp. Gradstein are new species of Jurassic planktonic foraminifera from the Middle Jurassic of Dagestan and Poland. G. glinskikhae nov. sp. with its remarkable ‘protoglobigerine’ test may be an early evolutionary offshoot of Globuligerina oxfordiana (Grigelis). It may be an index taxon for upper Bajocian through Bathonian strata in Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia, and might be recognizable al