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Praealveolina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Miliolina
    Superfamily:  
Miliolacea
    Family:  
Alveolinidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Praealveolina REICHEL, 1933, *1512, p. 270
    Type Species:  
P. tenuis (=?Alveolina cretacea D'ARCHIAC, 1837, *35, p. 191, unfigured); OD


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Geographic Distribution

N.Afr.-Eu.(Fr.-Spain-Port.)- Asia (M.East-India).


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Cret.(U.Alb.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Albian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
50
    Beginning Date:  
106.85
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Cret.(Turon.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Turonian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
89.39


Description

Test ovoid, fusiform, or cylindrical; septula of 2 adjacent chambers continuously arranged, with several rows of chamberlets (and apertures) below main row; at least in microspheric form of elongate species, chamberlets of layers belonging to same chamber connected by radial passages which extend downward from preseptal passage; narrow su tural apertures connecting successive whorls, most species regularly coiled throughout (although microspheric form slightly irregular).




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