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Nummulites
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Rotaliacea
Family:
Nummulitidae
Subfamily:
Nummulitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nummulites LAMARCK, 1801, *1084, p. 101. validated by lCZN under plenary powers (Opinion 192, 1945, p. 154)]
Type Species:
Camerina laevigata BRUGUIERE, 1792, *247, p. 399; SD lCZN, 1945
Images
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Fig. 519,2. *N. laevigata (Bruguière), Eoc., Eu.(Fr. ), 2a,b, med. and transv. secs., of microspheric specimens, X3; 2c, part of med. sec., X12.5 (*2113c). -- Fig. 519 ,1. N. striatoreticulata (Rutten), U.Eoc., C.Am. (Panama), la,b, med. and transv. secs., X12.5 (*2113c). -- Fig. 519,3. N. exponens (Sowerby), Eoc., Asia(India), 3a, ext. view, X1; 3b, transv. sec., X1.5 (*1860). -- Fig. 519, 4. N. complanatus (Defrance), Mio., Japan, 4a, ext. view, X10, 4 b, c, med. and transv. secs., X20 (*367). -- Fig. 519,6. N. willcoxi (Heilprin), Eoc., N.Am.(Fla.), 6a,b, med, and transv. secs., X20 (*2113c). -- Fig. 519,5. N. chawneri (D. K. Palmer), Mio., W.Indies(Cuba), 5a,b, med. and transv. secs., X20 (*365)
Synonyms
Helicites, Nummulites, Hantkenia
Geographic Distribution
cosmop., trop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test involute to evolute, spiral sheet with or without vacuoles.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Rotaliacea
Family:
Nummulitidae
Subfamily:
Nummulitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nummulites LAMARCK, 1801, *1084, p. 101. validated by lCZN under plenary powers (Opinion 192, 1945, p. 154)]
Type Species:
Camerina laevigata BRUGUIERE, 1792, *247, p. 399; SD lCZN, 1945
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 519,2. *N. laevigata (Bruguière), Eoc., Eu.(Fr. ), 2a,b, med. and transv. secs., of microspheric specimens, X3; 2c, part of med. sec., X12.5 (*2113c). -- Fig. 519 ,1. N. striatoreticulata (Rutten), U.Eoc., C.Am. (Panama), la,b, med. and transv. secs., X12.5 (*2113c). -- Fig. 519,3. N. exponens (Sowerby), Eoc., Asia(India), 3a, ext. view, X1; 3b, transv. sec., X1.5 (*1860). -- Fig. 519, 4. N. complanatus (Defrance), Mio., Japan, 4a, ext. view, X10, 4 b, c, med. and transv. secs., X20 (*367). -- Fig. 519,6. N. willcoxi (Heilprin), Eoc., N.Am.(Fla.), 6a,b, med, and transv. secs., X20 (*2113c). -- Fig. 519,5. N. chawneri (D. K. Palmer), Mio., W.Indies(Cuba), 5a,b, med. and transv. secs., X20 (*365)
Synonyms
Helicites, Nummulites, Hantkenia
Geographic Distribution
cosmop., trop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test involute to evolute, spiral sheet with or without vacuoles.