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Genus Cibicidoides (suspected)

A Benthic Foraminifera
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Genus Cibicidoides (suspected)
Description: Cibicidoides is an extant cosmopolitan genus of benthic foraminifera originating in the Paleocene. The shell is palo-convex, trochospiral, wit ha flat spiral side and a stronly arched involute umbilical side. The shell wall is perforate, bilamellar, with a radial microstructure. The spiral side has distinct coarse pores that radiate out along the sutures. Suture on the spiral side are thicker and may be elevated and narrower and depressed on the umbilical side. The aperture is on the profile side and extends a short distance onto the umbilical side.

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More information: Loeblich & Tappan, 2015; Cushman, 1950

Downloadable Data:
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The 1 scanned specimen is obtained from a shallow sediment core of the Ontong Java Plateau in the western equatorial Pacific.

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Note: ​Data 'stacks' contain the minimally processed 3D data (TIF files) that can be imported into your favorite 3D data processing software program (we use imageJ). The STL file is processed and ready for 3D printing.
Specimen 1:
Data stack TIF file 1
STL file 1


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