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Kurnubia
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Pavonitinidae
Subfamily:
Pfenderininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kurnubia HENSON, 1948, *901, p. 608
Type Species:
K. palastiniensis; OD
Images
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Fig. 200.3-5. *K. palastiniensis, Palest.; 3a,b, 4a,b, side and top views of paratypes. X52 (*2117), 5, vert. sec., X70 (*2115). --Fig. 200,6-9. K. jurassica (HENSON), V.Jur., Palest.; 6,7a, side views of paratypes, showing coiling and reticulate subepidermal layer of worn specimen; 7b, top view, X60 (*2117); 8,9, tang. sec. showing subepidermal layer and deeper long. sec. showing internal pillars, X36 (*2115).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SW.Asia
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:
U.Jur.
Ending International Stage:
Tithonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
143.1
Description
Test elongate, with early stage trochospiral about central column, gradually becoming rectilinear, uniserial stage being more or less prominent in different species; wall probably agglutinated calcareous, outer layer imperforate, reticulate subepidermal layer formed by intersecting short partitions projecting inward from outer wall: oral face convex, aperture interio-marginal in early stage, becoming terminal in later stage, probably multiple around central core but not distinct in specimens observed. [Valvulinella jurassica HENSON is here regarded as belonging to Kurnubia. It occurs with and was said to intergrade with K. palastiniensis, although lacking the elongate uniserial development.]
References
Henson, F. R. S., 1948, Foraminifera of the genus Trocholina in the Middle East: Ann. \& Mag. Nat. History, ser. 11, v. 14 (1947), p. 445-459, pl. 11-13.-(901) 1948, New Trochamminidae and Verneuilinidae from the Middle East: Same, ser. 11, v. 14 (1947), p. 605-630, pl. 14-18.-(902) 1948, Larger imperforate Foraminifera of southwestern Asia, Families Lituolidae, Orbitolinidae and Meandropsinidae: British Museum (Nat. History), Mon., p. 1-127, pl. 1-16, fig. 1-16.——(903) 1950, Middle eastern Tertiary Peneroplidae (Foraminifera), with remarks on the phylogeny and taxonomy of the family: $70 \mathrm{p} ., 10 \mathrm{pl} ., 3$ text-fig., West Yorkshire Printing Co. (Wakefield, England).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Pavonitinidae
Subfamily:
Pfenderininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kurnubia HENSON, 1948, *901, p. 608
Type Species:
K. palastiniensis; OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 200.3-5. *K. palastiniensis, Palest.; 3a,b, 4a,b, side and top views of paratypes. X52 (*2117), 5, vert. sec., X70 (*2115). --Fig. 200,6-9. K. jurassica (HENSON), V.Jur., Palest.; 6,7a, side views of paratypes, showing coiling and reticulate subepidermal layer of worn specimen; 7b, top view, X60 (*2117); 8,9, tang. sec. showing subepidermal layer and deeper long. sec. showing internal pillars, X36 (*2115).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SW.Asia
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:
U.Jur.
Ending International Stage:
Tithonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
143.1
Description
Test elongate, with early stage trochospiral about central column, gradually becoming rectilinear, uniserial stage being more or less prominent in different species; wall probably agglutinated calcareous, outer layer imperforate, reticulate subepidermal layer formed by intersecting short partitions projecting inward from outer wall: oral face convex, aperture interio-marginal in early stage, becoming terminal in later stage, probably multiple around central core but not distinct in specimens observed. [Valvulinella jurassica HENSON is here regarded as belonging to Kurnubia. It occurs with and was said to intergrade with K. palastiniensis, although lacking the elongate uniserial development.]
References
Henson, F. R. S., 1948, Foraminifera of the genus Trocholina in the Middle East: Ann. \& Mag. Nat. History, ser. 11, v. 14 (1947), p. 445-459, pl. 11-13.-(901) 1948, New Trochamminidae and Verneuilinidae from the Middle East: Same, ser. 11, v. 14 (1947), p. 605-630, pl. 14-18.-(902) 1948, Larger imperforate Foraminifera of southwestern Asia, Families Lituolidae, Orbitolinidae and Meandropsinidae: British Museum (Nat. History), Mon., p. 1-127, pl. 1-16, fig. 1-16.——(903) 1950, Middle eastern Tertiary Peneroplidae (Foraminifera), with remarks on the phylogeny and taxonomy of the family: $70 \mathrm{p} ., 10 \mathrm{pl} ., 3$ text-fig., West Yorkshire Printing Co. (Wakefield, England).