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Dictyokathina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Rotaliacea
Family:
Rotaliidae
Subfamily:
Rotaliinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dictyokathina Smout, 1954, *1803, p. 64
Type Species:
D. simplex, OD
Images
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Fig. 484,1-4. *D. simplex, Paleoc., Qatar (1,3,4), Iraq (2); 1,2, horiz. secs. of megalospheric and microspheric forms, X12, X10; 3a-e, opposite sides and edge view of paratype, X16; 4, nearly axial vert. sec. of megalo- spheric form, X25 (*1803)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Arabia (Qatar Penin.)-Iraq
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc., ? L.Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc., ? L.Eoc.
Ending International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
48.07
Description
Test trochospiral, with umbilical mass containing strong vertical radial canals, as in Kathina, but with spire repeatedly doubling in plane of coiling to form multiple spire, as in Dictyoconoides, wall calcareous, radially fibrous, finely perforate and laminated, intercameral foramen an interiomarginal slit, probably representing earlier aperture
References
Smout, A. H., 1954, Lower Tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula: British Museum (Nat. History), London, p. 1-96, pl. 1-15. -(1804) 1955, Reclassification of the Rotaliidea (Foraminifera) and two new Cretaceous forms resembling Elphidium: Washington Acad. Sci., Jour., v. 45, no. 7, p. 201-210, fig. 1-10.-(1805) 1956, Three new Cre- taceous genera of Foraminifera related to the Ceratobuliminidae: Micropaleontology, v. 2, no. 4, p. 335-348, pl. 1-2.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Rotaliacea
Family:
Rotaliidae
Subfamily:
Rotaliinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dictyokathina Smout, 1954, *1803, p. 64
Type Species:
D. simplex, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 484,1-4. *D. simplex, Paleoc., Qatar (1,3,4), Iraq (2); 1,2, horiz. secs. of megalospheric and microspheric forms, X12, X10; 3a-e, opposite sides and edge view of paratype, X16; 4, nearly axial vert. sec. of megalo- spheric form, X25 (*1803)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Arabia (Qatar Penin.)-Iraq
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc., ? L.Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc., ? L.Eoc.
Ending International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
48.07
Description
Test trochospiral, with umbilical mass containing strong vertical radial canals, as in Kathina, but with spire repeatedly doubling in plane of coiling to form multiple spire, as in Dictyoconoides, wall calcareous, radially fibrous, finely perforate and laminated, intercameral foramen an interiomarginal slit, probably representing earlier aperture
References
Smout, A. H., 1954, Lower Tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula: British Museum (Nat. History), London, p. 1-96, pl. 1-15. -(1804) 1955, Reclassification of the Rotaliidea (Foraminifera) and two new Cretaceous forms resembling Elphidium: Washington Acad. Sci., Jour., v. 45, no. 7, p. 201-210, fig. 1-10.-(1805) 1956, Three new Cre- taceous genera of Foraminifera related to the Ceratobuliminidae: Micropaleontology, v. 2, no. 4, p. 335-348, pl. 1-2.