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Triticites
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Fusulinacea
Family:
Fusulinidae
Subfamily:
Schwagerininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Triticites GIRTY, 1904, *789, p. 234
Type Species:
Miliolites secalicus Say in JAMES, 1823, *984.A, p. 328, OD
Images
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Fig. 322,1. T. globulus (PUTRYA), C3hF., USSR(European); la, axial sec. of holotype, X15; 1b, apparent double wall of "Protriticites" globulus, approx. X2O (*1492). --Fig. 322,2 T. milleri THOMPSON, U.Penn.(Hartville Ls.), USA(Wyo.); axial sec of syntype, X20 (*1922). --Fig. 322, 3. T. beedei DUNBAR & CONDRA, U.Penn.(Ervine
Creek Ls.). USA (Kans.) : axial sec. of syntype, X10 (*1922). --Fig. 322,4 *T. secahew (SAY), U.Penn.(Plattsmouth Ls.), USA (Neb.); axial sec. X10 (*1922). --Fig. 322,5 T. ohioensis THOMPSON, U.Penn.(Cambridge Ls.), USA (Ohio) ; axial sec. of syntype, X10 (*1922). [See also Fig, 274,4;, 275,4;, 277,2, T.ventricosus; 280, 4,5.]
Synonyms
Girtyina
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(USA-Can.)- ?China-Japan-USSR-S.Am.(Chile-Peru).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.(U. Penn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Kasimovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
307.02
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Kungurian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
274.37
Description
Shell fusiform to subcylindrical, planispiral throughout; spirotheca composed of tectum and alveolar keriotheca; septa fluted in end zones but less highly fluted in center of shell; chomata distinct (*7S9, *1270A, *1492, *1590, *1830).
References
Girty, G. H., 1904, Triticites, a new genus of Carboniferous foraminifers: Am. Jour. Sci., ser. 4, v. 17 (whole ser., v. 167), art. 21, p. 234-240, fig. 1-5.-(790) 1911, On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka formation of Oklahoma: N.Y. Acad. Sci., Ann., v. 21, p. 119-156.——(791) 1915, Fauna of the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma: U.S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 544, 353 p., 35 pl .
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Fusulinacea
Family:
Fusulinidae
Subfamily:
Schwagerininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Triticites GIRTY, 1904, *789, p. 234
Type Species:
Miliolites secalicus Say in JAMES, 1823, *984.A, p. 328, OD
Images
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Fig. 322,1. T. globulus (PUTRYA), C3hF., USSR(European); la, axial sec. of holotype, X15; 1b, apparent double wall of "Protriticites" globulus, approx. X2O (*1492). --Fig. 322,2 T. milleri THOMPSON, U.Penn.(Hartville Ls.), USA(Wyo.); axial sec of syntype, X20 (*1922). --Fig. 322, 3. T. beedei DUNBAR & CONDRA, U.Penn.(Ervine
Creek Ls.). USA (Kans.) : axial sec. of syntype, X10 (*1922). --Fig. 322,4 *T. secahew (SAY), U.Penn.(Plattsmouth Ls.), USA (Neb.); axial sec. X10 (*1922). --Fig. 322,5 T. ohioensis THOMPSON, U.Penn.(Cambridge Ls.), USA (Ohio) ; axial sec. of syntype, X10 (*1922). [See also Fig, 274,4;, 275,4;, 277,2, T.ventricosus; 280, 4,5.]
Synonyms
Girtyina
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(USA-Can.)- ?China-Japan-USSR-S.Am.(Chile-Peru).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.(U. Penn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Kasimovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
307.02
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Kungurian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
274.37
Description
Shell fusiform to subcylindrical, planispiral throughout; spirotheca composed of tectum and alveolar keriotheca; septa fluted in end zones but less highly fluted in center of shell; chomata distinct (*7S9, *1270A, *1492, *1590, *1830).
References
Girty, G. H., 1904, Triticites, a new genus of Carboniferous foraminifers: Am. Jour. Sci., ser. 4, v. 17 (whole ser., v. 167), art. 21, p. 234-240, fig. 1-5.-(790) 1911, On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka formation of Oklahoma: N.Y. Acad. Sci., Ann., v. 21, p. 119-156.——(791) 1915, Fauna of the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma: U.S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 544, 353 p., 35 pl .