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Catapsydrax
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Globigerinacea
Family:
Globigerinidae
Subfamily:
Catapsydracinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Catapsydrax Bolli, Loeblich & TAPPAN, 1957, *164, p. 36
Type Species:
Globigerina dissimilis Cushman & BERMÚDEZ, 1937, *491, p. 25, OD
Images
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Fig. 543,1,2. *C. dissimilis (Cushman & Bermúdez), Eoc., Cuba (1), Oligo., W.Indies(Trinidad) (2), 1a-c, opposite sides and edge view of holotype; 2a,b, edge and umbilical views of hypotype, all X46 (*164)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Carib.-N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Lutetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
48.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mio.
Ending International Stage:
Messinian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
5.34
Description
Test free, similar to Globigerina in early development, with primary umbilical aperture, adult with single umbilical bulla over aperture, and with one or more accessory infralaminal apertures
References
$\qquad$ Loeblich, A. R., Jr., \& Tappan, Helen, 1957, Planktonic foraminiferal families Hantkeninidae, Orbulinidae, Globorotaliidae, and Globotruncanidae: U.S. Natl. Museum, Bull. 215, p. 3-50, pl. 1-11, text-fig. 1-9.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Globigerinacea
Family:
Globigerinidae
Subfamily:
Catapsydracinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Catapsydrax Bolli, Loeblich & TAPPAN, 1957, *164, p. 36
Type Species:
Globigerina dissimilis Cushman & BERMÚDEZ, 1937, *491, p. 25, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 543,1,2. *C. dissimilis (Cushman & Bermúdez), Eoc., Cuba (1), Oligo., W.Indies(Trinidad) (2), 1a-c, opposite sides and edge view of holotype; 2a,b, edge and umbilical views of hypotype, all X46 (*164)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Carib.-N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Lutetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
48.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mio.
Ending International Stage:
Messinian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
5.34
Description
Test free, similar to Globigerina in early development, with primary umbilical aperture, adult with single umbilical bulla over aperture, and with one or more accessory infralaminal apertures
References
$\qquad$ Loeblich, A. R., Jr., \& Tappan, Helen, 1957, Planktonic foraminiferal families Hantkeninidae, Orbulinidae, Globorotaliidae, and Globotruncanidae: U.S. Natl. Museum, Bull. 215, p. 3-50, pl. 1-11, text-fig. 1-9.