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Meandropsina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Miliolina
Superfamily:
Miliolacea
Family:
Soritidae
Subfamily:
Meandropsininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Meandropsina Munier-Chalmas in Schlumberger, 1898, *1658, p. 336
Type Species:
M. vidali Schllmberger, 1898, *1658, p. 337, SD CUSHMAX, 1928, *439, p. 220
Images
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Fig. 373,1-3. *M. vidali SCHLUMBERGER, Sp.; 1a,b, ext. and portion showing surface, X4, X 10; 2, equat. sec., X4.5; 3a,b, axial sec. and portion showing initial coil, X40, X185 (*1658).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-SW.Asia.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Senon.)
Beginning International Stage:
Coniacian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
89.39
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Senon.)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Test discoidal, enrolled, with very low and numerous chambers containing many inCOlllplete transverse partitions; outer margin of chambers may become meandri-form; aperture multiple, in rows on periphery.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Miliolina
Superfamily:
Miliolacea
Family:
Soritidae
Subfamily:
Meandropsininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Meandropsina Munier-Chalmas in Schlumberger, 1898, *1658, p. 336
Type Species:
M. vidali Schllmberger, 1898, *1658, p. 337, SD CUSHMAX, 1928, *439, p. 220
Images
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Fig. 373,1-3. *M. vidali SCHLUMBERGER, Sp.; 1a,b, ext. and portion showing surface, X4, X 10; 2, equat. sec., X4.5; 3a,b, axial sec. and portion showing initial coil, X40, X185 (*1658).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-SW.Asia.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Senon.)
Beginning International Stage:
Coniacian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
89.39
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Senon.)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Test discoidal, enrolled, with very low and numerous chambers containing many inCOlllplete transverse partitions; outer margin of chambers may become meandri-form; aperture multiple, in rows on periphery.