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Cycloloculina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Rotalina
    Superfamily:  
Orbitoidacea
    Family:  
Cibicididae
    Subfamily:  
Cibicidinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Cycloloculina Heron-Allen & EARLAND, 1908, *906, p. 533
    Type Species:  
C. annulata, SD CUSHMAN, 1927, *433, p. 190


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Fig. 554,5,6. *C. annulata, Tert., Eng.; 5a,b, side and edge views, X71 (*2117), 6, early stage in transmitted light, X75 (*2075)


Synonyms

Cycloloceilina


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Am.-Asia(Pak.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Paleoc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Danian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
66.04
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mio.
    Ending International Stage:  
Messinian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
5.34


Description

Test discoidal, about 1 mm . diam., peripheral margin smooth, rounded, planispiral or slightly asymmetrical in early stage, later chambers uncoiled and enveloping, finally annular, wall calcareous, of radially built calcite, coarsely perforate, "pores" consisting only of regularly arranged large openings that serve as apertures, no fine perforations, aperture consisting of large perforations.




References

Henrici, Heinz, , \& Earland, Arthur, 1908, On Cycloloculina, a new generic type of the Foraminifera, with a preliminary study of the foraminiferous deposits and shore-sands of Selsey Bill: Royal Micro. Soc. London, Jour., p. 529. 543, pl. 12.-(907) 1910, On the Recent and fossil Foraminifera of the shore-sands of Selsey Bill, Sussex, Part V. The Cretaceous Foraminifera: Same, p. 401-426, pl. 6-11.(908) 1913, On some Foraminitera from the North Sea, etc., dredged by the Fisheries Cruiser "Goldseeker" (International North Sea Investigations Scotland), III. On Cornuspira diffusa, a new type from the North Sea: Royal Micro. Soc. London, Jour., Trans. \& Proc., p. 272-276, pl. 12.-(909) 1913, Clare Island Survey. Foraminifera: Royal Irish Acad., Proc., v. 31, pt. 64, p. 1-188, pl. 1-13.-(910) 1914-15, The Foraminifera of the Kerimba Archipelago (Portugese East Africa): Zool. Soc. London, Trans., v. 20 (1912-1915); (a) Part 1, pt. 12, p. 363-390, pl. 35-37 (1914); (b) Part 2, pt. 17, p. 543-794, pl. 40-53, text-fig. 42-44 (1915).-(911) 1922, Protozoa, Part II. Foraminifera: British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Exped., 1910, Zool., v. 6, no. 2, p. 25-268, pl. 1-8.-(912) 1924, The Foraminifera of Lord Howe Island, South Pacific: Linnean Soc. London, Jour., Zool., v. 35, p. 599-647, pl. 35 -37.-(913) 1928, On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminitera: Royal Micro. Soc. London, Jour., v. 48, p. 283-299, pl. 1-3. (914) 1929-32, Some new Foraminifera from the South Atlantic: Same, ser. 3; (a) Pt. I, v. 49, p. 102-108, pl. 1-3 (1929); (b) Pt. Il.


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