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Verneuilinoides
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Ataxophragmiidae
Subfamily:
Verneuilininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Verneuilinoides Loeblich & TAPPAN, 1949, *1155, p. 91
Type Species:
Verneuilina schizea Cushman & ALEXANDER, 1930, *488, p. 9, OD
Images
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Fig. 182,8. *V. schizea (Cushman & Alexander), L.Cret.(Alb. ), USA(Tex. ), 8a,b, side, top views of holotype, X100 (*2117).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Jur.-Cret., N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Test free, elongate, triserial throughout, with rounded angles, loosely appressed chambers increasing in size toward apertural end, sutures generally distinct and depressed, wall arenaceous, aperture an arch at base of final chamber. [Verneuilinoides differs from Vemellilina in being rounded in section with loosely appressed chambers rather than triangular in section, and elongate and narrow rather than pyramidal in shape.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Ataxophragmiidae
Subfamily:
Verneuilininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Verneuilinoides Loeblich & TAPPAN, 1949, *1155, p. 91
Type Species:
Verneuilina schizea Cushman & ALEXANDER, 1930, *488, p. 9, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 182,8. *V. schizea (Cushman & Alexander), L.Cret.(Alb. ), USA(Tex. ), 8a,b, side, top views of holotype, X100 (*2117).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Jur.-Cret., N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Test free, elongate, triserial throughout, with rounded angles, loosely appressed chambers increasing in size toward apertural end, sutures generally distinct and depressed, wall arenaceous, aperture an arch at base of final chamber. [Verneuilinoides differs from Vemellilina in being rounded in section with loosely appressed chambers rather than triangular in section, and elongate and narrow rather than pyramidal in shape.]