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Lepidocyclina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Rotalina
    Superfamily:  
Orbitoidacea
    Family:  
Lepidocyclinidae
    Subfamily:  
Lepidocyclininae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Lepidocyclina GUMBEL, 1870, *840, p. 689
    Type Species:  
Nummulites mantelli MORTON, 1833, *1320, p. 291; SD H. DOUVILLE, 1898, *613, p. 594


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Fossil Image
Fig. 590,1. *L. (L.) mantelli (Morton), Oligo., USA(Fla.), 1a,b, equat. sec., vert. sec., X20, X40 (*2113c).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

cosmop. Trop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Eoc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Lutetian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
48.07
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Mio.
    Ending International Stage:  
Serravallian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
11.63


Description

Embryonic chambers bilocular; equatorial chambers arcuate, rhombic, hexagonal or spatulate.




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