Pfendericonus mindanaoensis Matsumaru 2017

Schlagintweit, Felix, 2022, Large Benthic Foraminifera Pfendericonus Globulus Sirel & Deceviler In Sirel Et Al., 2020 (Priabonian Of Turkey): A Junior Synonym Of Pfendericonus Mindanaoensis Matsumaru, 2017 (Thanetian? Of The Philippine Archipelago), Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 18 (1), pp. 49-50 : 49

Pfendericonus mindanaoensis Matsumaru 2017

Fig. 1 a-b

This species was described by Matsumaru (2017) from the Island of Mindanao, Philippine Archipelago and two specimens were figured. The two illustrated specimens of Chrysalidina sp. ( Matsumaru, 2017, pl. 4, figs. 10-11) are here also considered to belong to P. mindanaoensis . The description includes a low-conical test (almost globular; diameter up to 1.36 mm) displaying wedge-like chambers and a test diameter up to 1.36 mm. The age was indicated as Selandian (= “Tertiary a0 stage of larger foraminifera” senus Matsumaru). Comparing the assemblage of this stage which includes species such as Broeckinella arabica Henson (=? Vania anatolica Sirel & Gündüz), Coskinon rajkae Hottinger & Drobne , Idalina sinjarica Grimsdale (Assemblage 2 in Matsumaru, 2017), a Thanetian age is more likely (e.g., Pignatti et al., 2008; Di Carlo et al., 2010).

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Fig. 1 a-b Pfendericonus mindanaoensis (from Matsumaru, 2017, pl. 4, fig. 11, figured as Chrysalidina sp. and pl. 4, fig. 8, holotype specimen) of Selandian or Thanetian age from the Island of Mindanao, Philippine Archipelago. c-d Pfendericonus globulus Sirel & Deceviler (from Sirel et al., 2020, fig. 11I and 11J) from the Priabonian of NW Turkey.