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Taitzehoella
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Fusulinacea
Family:
Fusulinidae
Subfamily:
Fusulininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Taitzehoella Sheng, 1951, *1727, p. 79
Type Species:
T. taitzehoensis, OD
Images
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Fig 312,3. *T. taitehoensis. Penchi Ser., 3a, axial sec. of holotype, X25, 3b, oblique sec. of paratype, X35 (*1727)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
China, Greenl.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U. Carb.(Moscov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Moscovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
315.15
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U. Carb.(Moscov.)
Ending International Stage:
Moscovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
307.02
Description
Shell small, caltrop-like in shape at maturity, median part highly inflated, lateral slopes concave, poles sharp to bluntly pointed, coiling divisible into early stage with short axis and endothyroid arrangement, and later stage with straight axis of coiling oriented differently from early stage; spirotheca thin, composed of 2 layers of tectum and lower less dense layer; septa straight. axial fillings slight but present throughout entire shell; tunnel quadrate in cross section, chomata asymmetrical, high (*1727).
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Fusulinacea
Family:
Fusulinidae
Subfamily:
Fusulininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Taitzehoella Sheng, 1951, *1727, p. 79
Type Species:
T. taitzehoensis, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig 312,3. *T. taitehoensis. Penchi Ser., 3a, axial sec. of holotype, X25, 3b, oblique sec. of paratype, X35 (*1727)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
China, Greenl.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U. Carb.(Moscov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Moscovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
315.15
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U. Carb.(Moscov.)
Ending International Stage:
Moscovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
307.02
Description
Shell small, caltrop-like in shape at maturity, median part highly inflated, lateral slopes concave, poles sharp to bluntly pointed, coiling divisible into early stage with short axis and endothyroid arrangement, and later stage with straight axis of coiling oriented differently from early stage; spirotheca thin, composed of 2 layers of tectum and lower less dense layer; septa straight. axial fillings slight but present throughout entire shell; tunnel quadrate in cross section, chomata asymmetrical, high (*1727).