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Glomospiroides

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Fusulinina
    Superfamily:  
Endothyracea
    Family:  
Tournayellidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Glomospiroides Reytlinger, 1950, *1560, p. 28
    Type Species:  
G. fursenki (nom. imperf., =G. fursenkoi, nom. correct. Voloshinova, Dain & Reytlinger in Rauzer-Chernousova & Fursenko, 1959, *1509, p. 184), OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 258, 45. *G. fursenkoi, 4, long. sec. of holotype, 5, targ. sec., X76 (*1560). --Fig. 258,6. G. borealis (Reytlinger), holotype, X76 (*1560)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

USSR


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Carb.(Moscov.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Moscovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
315.15
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Carb.(Moscov.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Moscovian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
307.02


Description

Test with early glomospirine coil, later uncoiling, septate throughout, but septa thin and irregular, wall calcareous, finely granular, aperture terminal, simple.




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