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Truncorotaloides

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Rotalina
    Superfamily:  
Globigerinacea
    Family:  
Globorotaliidae
    Subfamily:  
Truncorotaloidinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Truncorotaloides Brönnimann & BERMÚDEZ, 1953, *233, p. 817
    Type Species:  
T. rohri, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 535,1. *T. rohri, M.Eoc., Trinidad, 1a-c, opposite sides and edge view of holotype, X130 (*164).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

W.Indies (Trinidad), Mex., USA, Eu.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Eoc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Ypresian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
56
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Eoc.
    Ending International Stage:  
Bartonian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
37.71


Description

Test similar to Globorotalia but with secondary sutural apertures on spiral side




References

$\qquad$ \& Bermúdez, P. J., 1953, Truncorotaloides, a new foraminiferal genus from the Eocene of Trinidad, B. W. I.: Jour. Paleontology, v. 27, p. 817-820, pl. 87.


Museum or Author Information

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