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Dictyoconus
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Orbitolinidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dictyoconus BLANCKENHORN, 1900, *146, p. 432 (nom. conserv., lCZN, Op. 585)
Type Species:
Patellina egyptiensis Chapman, 1900, *316, p. 11 ( =P. aegyptiensis Chapman, 1900, nom. reject., ICZN, Op. 585): SD Woodring, 1924, *2078, p. 608
Images
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Fig. 221,4. *D.egyptiensis (Chapman), Eoc.(Lutet.), SW.Asia (Egypt), axial sec., X10 (*1781), Fig. 221, 5,6. D. indicus Davies, L.Eoc., Baluch., basal and axial secs., X20 (*611).
Synonyms
Dictyoconos
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Eoc.
Ending International Stage:
Priabonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
33.9
Description
Test to about 7 mm in diameter, central area with interseptal pillars, separated slightly from marginal zone by marginal ridge in many species, marginal zone divided by partitions and may have one or more series of vertical and horizontal plates.
References
Blanckenhorn, Max, 1900, Neues zur Geologie und Paläontologic Aegyptens: Deutsche geol. Gesell., Zeitschr., v. 52, p. 403-479.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Orbitolinidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dictyoconus BLANCKENHORN, 1900, *146, p. 432 (nom. conserv., lCZN, Op. 585)
Type Species:
Patellina egyptiensis Chapman, 1900, *316, p. 11 ( =P. aegyptiensis Chapman, 1900, nom. reject., ICZN, Op. 585): SD Woodring, 1924, *2078, p. 608
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 221,4. *D.egyptiensis (Chapman), Eoc.(Lutet.), SW.Asia (Egypt), axial sec., X10 (*1781), Fig. 221, 5,6. D. indicus Davies, L.Eoc., Baluch., basal and axial secs., X20 (*611).
Synonyms
Dictyoconos
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Eoc.
Ending International Stage:
Priabonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
33.9
Description
Test to about 7 mm in diameter, central area with interseptal pillars, separated slightly from marginal zone by marginal ridge in many species, marginal zone divided by partitions and may have one or more series of vertical and horizontal plates.
References
Blanckenhorn, Max, 1900, Neues zur Geologie und Paläontologic Aegyptens: Deutsche geol. Gesell., Zeitschr., v. 52, p. 403-479.