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Omphalocyclus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Rotalina
    Superfamily:  
Orbitoidacea
    Family:  
Orbitoididae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Omphalocyclus BRONN, 1852, *214a, p. 95
    Type Species:  
Orbltlites macroporus LAMARCK, 1816, *1088, p. 197; OD


Images

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Fig. 584,2. *0. (0.) macmp0rtls (LAMARCK), Cuba; 2a,b, equat. sec., vert. sec., X40, X20 (ยท2113c)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

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 of megalospheric generation similar to those of Orbitoides, but with lateral chambers of same kind and not differentiated from equatorial chambers




References



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