Abstract
Abstract. This paper describes five new Mesozoic, deep-water benthic foraminifera from the former British Petroleum microfossil reference collections at the Natural History Museum, London. The focus is on selected calcareous and agglutinating taxa that are of stratigraphical and/or palaeoecological significance for academic and industrial related activities. Ophthalmidium dracomaris (urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CCE951DF-0446-416B-AC2D-C5322CD335D2), Trochammina fordonensis (urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4F00A270-F9B2-46D4-8587-C7ADCC191D13), Eobigenerina calloviensis (urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B8443AA5-CFE4-44C0-A5A2-65EA97BF7EFA), Arenoturrispirillina swiecickii (urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:06A35E03-5AA4-4363-B471-4E1A0091F62E) and Ataxophragmium mariae (urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B8443AA5-CFE4-44C0-A5A2-65EA97BF7EFA) are described with new illustrations. Their biostratigraphic and palaeoecological significance are briefly discussed.
Highlights
The North Sea Basin lies in between Scandinavia and northwestern Europe and is bounded by the continental shelf edge, approximately comparable to the region covered by the current North Sea today
British Petroleum’s exploration activities, especially in the UK sector, during the middle of the 20th century amassed a large volume of Mesozoic sample material and subsequently prepared micropalaeontological specimens, many of which are housed at the Natural History Museum, London
The north-western European reference collection contains many of the specimens used in exploration activities and provides an almost unique collection of useful, yet in some instances formally un-described, foraminiferal taxa
Summary
The North Sea Basin lies in between Scandinavia and northwestern Europe and is bounded by the continental shelf edge, approximately comparable to the region covered by the current North Sea today. British Petroleum’s exploration activities, especially in the UK sector, during the middle of the 20th century amassed a large volume of Mesozoic sample material and subsequently prepared micropalaeontological specimens, many of which are housed at the Natural History Museum, London. The north-western European reference collection contains many of the specimens used in exploration activities and provides an almost unique collection of useful, yet in some instances formally un-described, foraminiferal taxa. The taxonomy of the Cenozoic material from this collection has already been the focus of separate study (Fox et al, 2018). Presented here are five newly named species of Mesozoic benthic foraminifera which have academic and industrial value in their biostratigraphic and palaeoecological significance
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