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Siphonodosaria

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Rotalina
    Superfamily:  
Buliminacea
    Family:  
Eouvigerinidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Siphonodosaria A. Silvestri, 1924, *1779, p. 18
    Type Species:  
Nodosaria abyssorum Brady, 1881, *196c, p. 63, SD (SM) CUSHMAN, 1927, *431, p. 67


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Fossil Image
Fig. 440,5,6. *S. abyssorum (Brady), Rec., S.Pac.; Sa,b, side, apert. views of lectotype, here designated (Brady, 1884, *200, pl. 63, fig. 8) (BMNH-ZF3649), 5a, X22, 5b, X48; 6, paratype (BMNH-ZF1926), one of unfigured syntypes, X22 (*2117).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Am.-S.Am.-Carib.-Atl.-Pac.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Eoc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Ypresian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
56
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Test free, narrow, elongate, uniserial, straight to arcuate, chambers subglobular, proloculus may have basal spines, sutures constricted, wall calcareous, thick, perforate, radial in structure, aperture rounded, produced on slight neck, bordered with phialine lip, and with distinct teeth projecting into aperture.




References



Museum or Author Information

Brady, 1884