Bathysiphon spp.

Benedetti, A, 2017, Eocene / Oligocene deep-water agglutinated foraminifers (DWAF) assemblages from the Madonie Mountains (Sicily, Southern Italy), Palaeontologia Electronica 20 (1), pp. 1-66 : 19

Bathysiphon spp.

Figure 12.8

Material. Three specimens from two samples. Description. Tubular test with selective agglutination of sponge spicules.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Scanning electron micrographs of Astrorhizida (1-13) and Saccamminidae (14-15) foraminifers from the Caltavuturo Formation cropping out at Portella Colla. 1-2, Rhabdammina discreta Brady, 1884, PCs0 (1) and PC060618 (2). 3, Rhabdammina eocenica Cushman and Hanna, 1927, PC060601. 4-5, Psammosiphonella cylindrica (Glaessner, 1937), PC11 (4) and PCs0 (5). 6-7, Psammosiphonella linearis (Brady, 1879), PC060618 (6) and PC11 (7). 8, Bathysiphon sp., MM12. 9, Nothia excelsa (Grzybowski, 1898), PC060603. 10, Nothia robusta (Grzybowski, 1898) with Ammolagena clavata (Jones and Parker, 1860), PC060621. 11, Nothia cf. latissima (Grzybowski, 1898), PC060624. 12-13, Rhizammina indivisa Brady, 1884, PC060621. 14-15, Psammosphaera irregularis (Grzybowski, 1896), PC13 (14) and PC22 (15). 16, Placentammna placenta (Grzybowski, 1898), PCs0. 17, Saccammina grzybowskii (Schubert, 1902), PC060621. Scale bar equals 0.5 mm.