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Broeckinella
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Dicyclinidae
Subfamily:
Dicyclininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Broeckinella HENSOX, 1948, *902, p. 92
Type Species:
B. arabica, OD
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Fig. 209.2. *B. arabica, exterior of holotype, X30 (*2115)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia (Qatar Penin., Arabia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Maastricht.)
Beginning International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
72.17
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Maastricht.)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Test compressed, early stages planispiral, later flabelliform, tending to become cyclical, chambers arcuate, in single layer, undivided in median plane but with subepidermal transverse and parallel partial partitions, giving reticulate subepidermal layer, transverse partitions of succeeding chambers in alignment, successive chambers connected by apertures which appear on oral face as single median row of circular openings.
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Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Dicyclinidae
Subfamily:
Dicyclininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Broeckinella HENSOX, 1948, *902, p. 92
Type Species:
B. arabica, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 209.2. *B. arabica, exterior of holotype, X30 (*2115)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia (Qatar Penin., Arabia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Maastricht.)
Beginning International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
72.17
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Maastricht.)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Test compressed, early stages planispiral, later flabelliform, tending to become cyclical, chambers arcuate, in single layer, undivided in median plane but with subepidermal transverse and parallel partial partitions, giving reticulate subepidermal layer, transverse partitions of succeeding chambers in alignment, successive chambers connected by apertures which appear on oral face as single median row of circular openings.