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Kathina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Rotaliacea
Family:
Rotaliidae
Subfamily:
Rotaliinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kathina Smout, 1954, *1803, p. 61
Type Species:
K. delseata, OD
Images
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Fig. 484,5-8. *K. delseata, Paleoc-, Qatar; 5a,b, spiral and umbilical sides of paratype; 6, decorticated holotype showing simple spire; 7, paratype, umbilical view showing apertures at end of vertical canals; all X12; 8, axial sec. of paratype, X25 (*1803)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Arabia (Qatar Penin.) - Carib. (Cuba)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc.
Ending International Stage:
Thanetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
56
Description
Test trochospiral, differing from Dictyoconoides in having chambers arranged in simple spire, umbilical side may have central plug with strong vertical canals
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:
Kathina Smout, 1954, *1803, p. 61
Type Species:
K. delseata, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 484,5-8. *K. delseata, Paleoc-, Qatar; 5a,b, spiral and umbilical sides of paratype; 6, decorticated holotype showing simple spire; 7, paratype, umbilical view showing apertures at end of vertical canals; all X12; 8, axial sec. of paratype, X25 (*1803)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Arabia (Qatar Penin.) - Carib. (Cuba)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc.
Ending International Stage:
Thanetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
56
Description
Test trochospiral, differing from Dictyoconoides in having chambers arranged in simple spire, umbilical side may have central plug with strong vertical canals
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.