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Cuneolina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Textulariina
    Superfamily:  
Lituolacea
    Family:  
Ataxophragmiidae
    Subfamily:  
Ataxophragmiinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Cuneolina d'Orbigny in de la Sagra, 1839, *1611, p. 150
    Type Species:  
C. pavonia D'ORBIGNY, 1846, *1395, p. 253, SD (SM)


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Fig. 193,1. *C. pavonia, U.Cret. (Cenoman.), Fr., la,b, side, edge views of topotype, X48 (*2117). --Fig. 193,2. C. lewisi (Cushman & Bermúdez), Mio., Dominican Republic, 2 a-c, side, basal, apert. views of paratype, X7 (*2117). [See also Fig. 210.]


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.N. Am.-C. Am. - SW. Asia - W. Indies (Dominican Rep.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Cret.(Alb.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Albian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
113.2
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mio.
    Ending International Stage:  
Messinian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
5.34


Description

Test subcylindrical to flabelliform, trochospiral in early stage, later with arcuate biserially arranged chambers, wall agglutinated, with considerable cement and imperforate outer layer; aperture series of rounded interiomarginal openings.




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