Akers, W. H. (1955). Some planktonic foraminifers of the American gulf coast and suggested correlations with the Caribbean Tertiary. Journal of Paleontology. 29(4): 647-664.
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Akers, W. H.
1955
Some planktonic foraminifers of the American gulf coast and suggested correlations with the Caribbean Tertiary
Journal of Paleontology
29(4): 647-664
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Planktonic Foraminifera are proposed as a means of correlating Tertiary deposits of the American Gulf Coast with those of the Caribbean region. The ranges of Globigerinatella insueta, Globorotalia mayeri, and Globorotalia fohsi, and the lower limits of Orbulina and Globorotalia menardii in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast are concluded to be synchronous with the respective ranges and lower limits of these Foraminifera in the Caribbean-West Indian Tertiary. Twenty-five species and one variety of planktonic Foraminifera are identified in post-Eocene sediments of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast of which four species and one variety have not been described previously.
