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Lunucammina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Endothyracea
Family:
Nodosinellidae
Subfamily:
Nodosinellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lunucammina Spandel, 1898, *1821, p. 8
Type Species:
Geinitsella (Lumucammina) permiana, OD
Images
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Fig. 239,1. • L. permialla SPANDEL, Perm. (Zech.), Ger.(Thuringia); 1a,b, side, top views of topotype (BMNH-P41666, labeled Geillitzilla jonesi) partially embedded in Iimestorle slab, X105 (*2117). --Fig. 239,2. L. jonesi (BRADY), Perm., Eng.; side view (BMNH-P35421), X105 (*2117). --Fig. 239,3. L. excavata (CUSHMAN & WATERS), Perm., VSA(Tex.); side, top views of holotype. X86 (*2117). --Fig. 238,6. L.
orientalis (K. V. MIKLUKHO-MAKLAY), V.Perm., C.Caucasus; slightly tang. long. sec. of holotype, with median long. depression of test resulting in false suggestion of median septum or internal tube. X65 (*1277). --Fig. 238,7. L. perforata (LANGE), M.Perm., Indonesia; lot. long., but not axial sec., X30 (*1091).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu. Malay Arch.-Australia.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Test free, elongate, uniserial, compressed, commonly with median longitudinal depression which in slightly tangential sections gives pseudobiserial appearance; chambers broad, low, arched as in Lingulina or Frondicularia; wall calcareous, with microgranular inner layer and radially striate outer layer; aperture terminal. rounded to ovate.
References
Spandel, Erich, 1898, Die Foraminiferen des deutschen Zechsteins, und ein zweifelhaftes mikroskopisches Fossil ebendaher: Verlags-Inst. "General Anzeiger," p. 1-15, text-fig. 1-11 (Nürnberg)-(1820) Sowerby, James, \& Sowerby, James de, 1901, Die Foraminiferen des Permo-Carbon von Hooser, Kansas, Nord Amerika: Festschrift Nat. Gesell. Nurmberg, p. 175-194, 10 fig.-(1820) Sowerby, James, \& Sowerby, James de, 1909, Der Rupelton des Mainzer Beckens, seine Abteilungen und deren Foraminiferenfauna: Offenbacher Vereins Naturkunde, Ber., no. 43-50, p. 57-230, pl. 1-2.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Endothyracea
Family:
Nodosinellidae
Subfamily:
Nodosinellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lunucammina Spandel, 1898, *1821, p. 8
Type Species:
Geinitsella (Lumucammina) permiana, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 239,1. • L. permialla SPANDEL, Perm. (Zech.), Ger.(Thuringia); 1a,b, side, top views of topotype (BMNH-P41666, labeled Geillitzilla jonesi) partially embedded in Iimestorle slab, X105 (*2117). --Fig. 239,2. L. jonesi (BRADY), Perm., Eng.; side view (BMNH-P35421), X105 (*2117). --Fig. 239,3. L. excavata (CUSHMAN & WATERS), Perm., VSA(Tex.); side, top views of holotype. X86 (*2117). --Fig. 238,6. L.
orientalis (K. V. MIKLUKHO-MAKLAY), V.Perm., C.Caucasus; slightly tang. long. sec. of holotype, with median long. depression of test resulting in false suggestion of median septum or internal tube. X65 (*1277). --Fig. 238,7. L. perforata (LANGE), M.Perm., Indonesia; lot. long., but not axial sec., X30 (*1091).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu. Malay Arch.-Australia.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Test free, elongate, uniserial, compressed, commonly with median longitudinal depression which in slightly tangential sections gives pseudobiserial appearance; chambers broad, low, arched as in Lingulina or Frondicularia; wall calcareous, with microgranular inner layer and radially striate outer layer; aperture terminal. rounded to ovate.
References
Spandel, Erich, 1898, Die Foraminiferen des deutschen Zechsteins, und ein zweifelhaftes mikroskopisches Fossil ebendaher: Verlags-Inst. "General Anzeiger," p. 1-15, text-fig. 1-11 (Nürnberg)-(1820) Sowerby, James, \& Sowerby, James de, 1901, Die Foraminiferen des Permo-Carbon von Hooser, Kansas, Nord Amerika: Festschrift Nat. Gesell. Nurmberg, p. 175-194, 10 fig.-(1820) Sowerby, James, \& Sowerby, James de, 1909, Der Rupelton des Mainzer Beckens, seine Abteilungen und deren Foraminiferenfauna: Offenbacher Vereins Naturkunde, Ber., no. 43-50, p. 57-230, pl. 1-2.