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Saracenaria

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Rotalina
    Superfamily:  
Nodosariacea
    Family:  
Nodosariidae
    Subfamily:  
Nodosariinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Saracenaria Defrance in de BLAINVILLE, 1824, *141a, p. 176
    Type Species:  
S. italica DEFRANCE, 1824, OD (M)


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Fossil Image
Fig. 408,11. *S. italica, Rec., Carib.; 11a,b, side, face views, X35 (*2117). --Fig. 408,12. S. sp., Rec., Gulf Mex.; X44 (*2117).


Synonyms

Hemirobulina


Geographic Distribution

cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Jur.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Hettangian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
201.36
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Test uniserial, chambers low, gradually enlarging, trilobate in section, not overlapping, sutures straight, horizontal, wall calcareous, aperture terminal, radiate.




References

Blainville, H. M. Ducrotay de, 1824-30, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles: (a) 1824 , v. 32, p. 1-567; (b) 1824, Zoologie, Conchyliologie et Malacologie, atlas v. 31, pl. 1-33; (c) 1826, v. 41, p. 1-558; (d) 1830 , v. 60 , p. 1 631; F. G. Levrault (Paris).-(142) 1825, Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie: 664 p., 87 pl. (1827), F. G. Levrault (Paris). - (143) 1828, in Vieillot, L. J. P., Faune française, ou histoire naturelle, génerale et particulière des animaux qui se trouvent en France (1821-28, v. 1-29): v. 18, p. 66 (Paris).


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