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Spirosigmoilinella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Textulariina
    Superfamily:  
Lituolacea
    Family:  
Rzehakinidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Spirosigmoilinella MATSUNAGA, 1955, *1237, p. 49
    Type Species:  
S. compressa; OD


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Fig. 134,4. *S. compressa; 4a,b, side and top views showing rounded aperture and slightly inflated central portion due to early sigmoid development, X62 (*2117).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Japan.


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:  
M.Mio.
    Ending International Stage:  
Serravallian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
11.63


Description

Early stage sigmoid in development as in Silicosigmoilina, later chambers in single plane; aperture rounded, on short neck, and lacking tooth.




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