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Daxia
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Lituolidae
Subfamily:
Haplophragmoidinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Daxia Cuvillier & SZAKALL, 1949, *544, p. 8
Type Species:
D. cenomana, OD
Images
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Fig. 136,45. *D. cenomana, 4 a, b, side and edge views of topotype, X22 (*2117), 5, sectioned specimen, X10 (*544).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Fr.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Cenom.)
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Cenom.)
Ending International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
93.9
Description
Test planispiral and involute as in Haplophragmoides but having numerous broad low chambers with simple interior forming compressed lenticular test, wall finely agglutinated with calcareous cement; aperture elongate slit extending somewhat up face of final chamber. [Daxia superficially resembles Cyclammina but lacks the complex internal structure of that genus.]
References
Cuvillier, Jean, \& Szakall, V., 1949, Foraminifères d'Aquitaine, Pt. 1. Reophacidae à Nonionidae: Soc. Nat. Pétroles d'Aquitaine, 112 p., 32 pl. (Paris).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Lituolidae
Subfamily:
Haplophragmoidinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Daxia Cuvillier & SZAKALL, 1949, *544, p. 8
Type Species:
D. cenomana, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 136,45. *D. cenomana, 4 a, b, side and edge views of topotype, X22 (*2117), 5, sectioned specimen, X10 (*544).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Fr.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Cenom.)
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Cenom.)
Ending International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
93.9
Description
Test planispiral and involute as in Haplophragmoides but having numerous broad low chambers with simple interior forming compressed lenticular test, wall finely agglutinated with calcareous cement; aperture elongate slit extending somewhat up face of final chamber. [Daxia superficially resembles Cyclammina but lacks the complex internal structure of that genus.]
References
Cuvillier, Jean, \& Szakall, V., 1949, Foraminifères d'Aquitaine, Pt. 1. Reophacidae à Nonionidae: Soc. Nat. Pétroles d'Aquitaine, 112 p., 32 pl. (Paris).