Foraminifera taxon details

Bolivina taylori Howe, 1939 †

922291  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:922291)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Howe, H. V. (1939). Louisiana Cook Mountain Eocene Foraminifera. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Sur­vey of Louisiana.</em> 14: 1-122. [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Bolivina taylori Howe, 1939 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=922291 on 2024-03-29
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original description Howe, H. V. (1939). Louisiana Cook Mountain Eocene Foraminifera. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Sur­vey of Louisiana.</em> 14: 1-122. [details]   

basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em>  [details]   

additional source Smith, L. E.; Sen Gupta, B. K. (2021). Henry V. Howe and his collection of Foraminifera at Louisiana State University. <em>Occasional Papers of the LSU Museum of Natural Science.</em> 91: 1-80., available online at https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mnspapers/files/2021/04/Occasional-Paper-91.pdf
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Holotype HVH 128, Eocene, Claiborne, Cook Mountain Fm.; “from Sample No. 39,” (Rob-5): “On the left bank of Saline Bayou beneath the Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad bridge at St. Maurice, sec. 15, T. 9 N., R. 6 W.,” Winn Parish, Louisiana. “The lower part of the bluff is marine and is traversed by five iron ore ledges. Below each of these ledges there is a fossiliferous layer of clay, each layer averaging perhaps 1½ feet in thickness. The lowest of these fossiliferous beds was at water level at the time collected.” Sample No. 39 is “from beneath the lowest iron ore ledge and collected at water level. Elevation—77± feet.” Collected by Marion S. Roberts in 1932 with H.V. Howe (Roberts 1934, Bed 5). Figured: pl. 9, figs. 9, 10. [details]