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Lepidorbitoides

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Rotalina
    Superfamily:  
Orbitoidacea
    Family:  
Orbitoididae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Lepidorbitoides A. SILVESTRI, 1907, *1766, p. 80
    Type Species:  
Orbitolites socialis LEYMERIE, 1851, *1133, p. 191


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Fig. 584,1. *L. (L.) socialis (Leymerie), Fr.; 1a,b, equat. sec., vert. sec., X40, X20 (*2113c)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Am.-Carib.-Asia.


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:  
U.Cret.
    Ending International Stage:  
Maastrichtian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
66.04


Description

Embryonic chambers bilocular, small, with or without periembryonic chambers; equatorial chambers arcuate to hexagonal; lateral chambers well developed.




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