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Minojapanella
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Fusulinacea
Family:
Fusulinidae
Subfamily:
Schubertellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Minojapanella Fujmoto & KACTIMA, 1953, 755. p. 150
Type Species:
M. elongata, OD
Images
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Fig. 304,2. *M. elongata, Chichibu Ser., 2a,c, axial secs. of holotype and topotype, X30, X40; 2b, sagittal sec. of topotype, X40; tang. sec. of paratype showing septal fluting. X150 (*1926)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Japan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Shell minute, highly clongate-fusiform, first 1 or 2 volutions discoidal around large, spherical proloculus and coiled at large angle to outer 5 or 6 greatly elongated, fusiform volutions, spirotheca thin, indistinct, septa closely spaced, intensely fluted throughout fusiform part of shell, axial fillings in at least outer 5 volutions but not massive: tunnel singular but not clearly defined (*755, *1926). [Shell of only known species not well preserved and poorly understood.]
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Fusulinacea
Family:
Fusulinidae
Subfamily:
Schubertellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Minojapanella Fujmoto & KACTIMA, 1953, 755. p. 150
Type Species:
M. elongata, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 304,2. *M. elongata, Chichibu Ser., 2a,c, axial secs. of holotype and topotype, X30, X40; 2b, sagittal sec. of topotype, X40; tang. sec. of paratype showing septal fluting. X150 (*1926)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Japan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Shell minute, highly clongate-fusiform, first 1 or 2 volutions discoidal around large, spherical proloculus and coiled at large angle to outer 5 or 6 greatly elongated, fusiform volutions, spirotheca thin, indistinct, septa closely spaced, intensely fluted throughout fusiform part of shell, axial fillings in at least outer 5 volutions but not massive: tunnel singular but not clearly defined (*755, *1926). [Shell of only known species not well preserved and poorly understood.]