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Sphaeroidinellopsis

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Rotalina
    Superfamily:  
Globigerinacea
    Family:  
Globigerinidae
    Subfamily:  
Sphaeroidinellinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Sphaeroidinellopsis Banner & BLOW, 1959, *77, p. 15
    Type Species:  
Sphaeroidinella dehiscens subdehiscens Blow, 1959, *149, p. 195; OD


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Fig. 542,1. *S. subdehiscens (BLOW), Mio., Venez.; 1a-c, opposite sides and edge of holotype, X47 (*77).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

S.Am.-Carib.-1ndon.-N.Z.-Eu.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Mio.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Aquitanian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
23.04
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Mio.
    Ending International Stage:  
Messinian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
5.34


Description

Test trochospiral, similar to Globigerina, with wall structure like that of Sphaeroidinella, primary wall covered by secondary layer reducing porosity; primary aperture umbilical, with bordering lip, no sutural secondary apertures.




References

Banner, F. T., \& Blow, W. H., 1959, The classification and stratigraphical distribution of the Globigerinaceae: Palaeontology, v. 2, pt. 1, p. 1-27, pl. 1-3.-(78) 1960, The taxonomy, morphology and affinities of the genera included in the subfamily Hastigerininae: Micropaleontology, v. 6, no. 1, p. 19-31, text-fig. 1-11. -(79) 1960, Some primary types of species belonging to the superfamily Globigerinacea: Cushman Found. Foram. Research Contrib., v. 11, pt. 1, p. 1-41, pl. 1-8.


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