Globigerina Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Recent.
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Illustration of Globigerina ooze | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Retaria |
Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
Class: | Globothalamea |
Order: | Globigerinida |
Superfamily: | Globigerinoidea |
Family: | Globigerinidae |
Subfamily: | Globigerininae |
Genus: | Globigerina d'Orbigny, 1826 |
Globigerina (/ɡloʊˌbɪdʒəˈraɪnə/) is a genus of planktonic Foraminifera, in the order of Rotaliida.[1] It has populated the world's oceans since the Middle Jurassic.