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Praebulimina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Buliminacea
Family:
Turrilinidae
Subfamily:
Turrilininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Praebulimina HOFKER, 1953, *939, p. 27
Type Species:
Bulimina ovulum Reuss, 1844, *1537, p. 215 (non Bulimina ovula D'ORBIGNY, 1839) = Bulimina reussi MORROW, 1934, *1319, p. 195, OD
Images
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Fig. 428,1-3. P. rel/ssi (MORROW), U.Cret.(U.Turon.), Sweden; 1, ext. of megalospheric form, X268; 2, ext. of microspheric test, X43; 3, long. sec. of microspheric test, showing successive tooth plates, X268 (0935). -- Fig. 428,4. P. sp., U.Cret., Neth.; opened final chamber showing simple tooth- plate bordering side of apert. opening and ex- tending to margin of previous septal foramen, X220 (*928c)
Synonyms
Praebulimina
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur. (Bathon.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
168.17
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Maastricht.)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Test flaring, inflated, chambers triserially arranged, externally similar to Bulimina; wall calcareous, perforate, thick and opaque in appearance; aperture loop-shaped, with simple internal tooth plate, instead of complex projecting one of Bulimina.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Buliminacea
Family:
Turrilinidae
Subfamily:
Turrilininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Praebulimina HOFKER, 1953, *939, p. 27
Type Species:
Bulimina ovulum Reuss, 1844, *1537, p. 215 (non Bulimina ovula D'ORBIGNY, 1839) = Bulimina reussi MORROW, 1934, *1319, p. 195, OD
Images
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Fig. 428,1-3. P. rel/ssi (MORROW), U.Cret.(U.Turon.), Sweden; 1, ext. of megalospheric form, X268; 2, ext. of microspheric test, X43; 3, long. sec. of microspheric test, showing successive tooth plates, X268 (0935). -- Fig. 428,4. P. sp., U.Cret., Neth.; opened final chamber showing simple tooth- plate bordering side of apert. opening and ex- tending to margin of previous septal foramen, X220 (*928c)
Synonyms
Praebulimina
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur. (Bathon.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
168.17
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Maastricht.)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Test flaring, inflated, chambers triserially arranged, externally similar to Bulimina; wall calcareous, perforate, thick and opaque in appearance; aperture loop-shaped, with simple internal tooth plate, instead of complex projecting one of Bulimina.