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Glomospira

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Textulariina
    Superfamily:  
Ammodiscacea
    Family:  
Ammodiscidae
    Subfamily:  
Ammodiscinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Glomospira Rzehak, 1885, *1600, p. 126
    Type Species:  
Trochammina squamata Jones & Parker, var. gordialis Jones & PARKER, 1860, *998, p. 304, OD (M)


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Fossil Image
Fig. 122,6. *G. gordialis (Jones & Parker), Rec., Atl., 6 a, b, opposite sides of test, X116 (*2117)


Synonyms

Seguenza


Geographic Distribution

cosmop


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Sil.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Rhuddanian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
443.07
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Test similar to Ammodiscus, but coiling streptospiral or irregular, aperture at end of tube




References

Rzehak, Anton, 1885, Bemerkungen über einige Foraminiferen der Oligocän Formation: Naturforsch. Vereins Brünn, Verhandl., v. 23 (1884), p. 123-129.-(1601) 1886, [Ueber Foraminiferen ]: Same, v. 24, Sitzungber., p. 8. -(1602) 1888, Die Foraminiferen der Nummulitenschichten des Waschberges und Michelsberges bei Stockerau in Nieder-Oesterreich: K. K. Geol. Reichsanst., Verhandl., v. 1888, p. 226-229.—(1603) 1888, Die Foraminiferen des kieseligen Kalkes von NiederHollabrunn und des Melettamergels der Umgebung von Bruderndorf in Niederösterreich: Naturhist. Hofmuseum, Wien, Ann., v. 3, p. 257-270, pl. 11.—(1604) 1891, Die Foraminiferenfauna der alttertiären Ablagerungen von Bruderndorf in Nieder-Osterreich, mit Berüchsichtigung des angeblichen Kreidevorkommens von Leitzersdorf: Same, v. 6, p. 1-12. - (1605) 1895, Ueber einige merkwürdige Foraminiferen aus österreichischen Tertiär: Same, v. 10, p. 213-30, pl. 6-7.


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