Identification

Title

Morphometric data for a new species of fossil planktonic foraminifera, Globigerinoides rublobatus n. sp, from IODP Site U1483A (NERC Grant NE/L002485/1)

Abstract

Morphometric data, produced and used, to describe Globigerinoides rublobatus n. sp., a new species of fossil planktonic foraminifera from the Pleistocene Indian Ocean. We used image analysis and morphometry of 860 specimens from International Ocean Discovery Program Site U1483 in the tropical Indian Ocean to document morphological variability in the new species and related taxa.

Resource type

nonGeographicDataset

Resource locator

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item176950

name: Data

function: download

https://doi.org/10.5285/adb5b0be-a357-4416-846f-777300d78240

name: Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608012

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

NGDC Deposited Data

Planktonic foraminifera

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2019-03-21

End position

2020-10-30

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2022-11-26

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

A total number of 860 specimens of planktonic foraminifera, representing the new species Globigerinoides rublobatus n. sp. and its two potential sister taxa (Globigerinoides conglobatus and Globigerinoides ruber), were measured for morphometric analysis. All picked foraminifera were positioned in umbilical view and photographed with the use of a light microscope, equipped with a digital camera. Morphometric data acquisition was conducted in the Image Pro software, using its standard functions for extracting dimensional data from images of photographed objects. The software was configured to ignore any internal holes (e.g. apertures etc.) and automatically extract all required measurements from the highlighted objects. Collected data were analyzed in Microsoft Excel software, with the three-variable scatter diagrams plotted using Scatterplot3D_2.1 Excel workbook by Doka (2013).

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

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XLSX

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

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Limitations on public access

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Limitations on public access

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Professor of Micropalaeontology, Department of Earth Sciences

organisation name

University College London

full postal address

Gower Street

London

WC1E 6BT

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

University College London

full postal address

5 Gower Place

London

WC1E 6BS

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

University College London

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-26

Metadata language