New insights into Troglotella incrustans WERNLI and FOOKES, 1992, a fascinating Upper Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous foraminifer
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Geologia
Year: 2012

New data about the highly variable test morphology of the benthic foraminifer Troglotella incrustans WERNLI & FOOKES (Oxfordian-Lower Cenomanian) are presented, permitting an emended species/genus diagnosis. This concerns mainly the existence of a large final chamber with fistulose extensions that may follow the uniserial or the irregular-branching test part. The way of life of T. incrustans (cryptoendolithic vs. euendolithic) is discussed against the background of different existing models in t