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Globulina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Rotalina
    Superfamily:  
Nodosariacea
    Family:  
Polymorphinidae
    Subfamily:  
Polymorphininae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Globulina d'Orbigny in de la Sagra, 1839, *1611, p. 13t
    Type Species:  
Polymorphina (Globuline) gibba D'ORBIGNY, 1826, *1391, p. 266, SD Cushman 1927, *443, p. 189


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Fossil Image
Fig. 416,1. *G. gibba, Mio. (Torton.), Aus.; 1a,b, side, basal views, X45 (*514).


Synonyms

Polymorphina


Geographic Distribution

cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Jur.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Oxfordian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
161.53
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Test globular to ovate, chambers strongly overlapping, added in planes approximately 144° apart; sutures flush, not depressed, aperture radiate, but commonly obscured by fistulose growth.




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