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Yangchienia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Fusulinina
    Superfamily:  
Fusulinacea
    Family:  
Fusulinidae
    Subfamily:  
Fusulininae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Yangchienia LEE, 19331934, *1120, p. 14
    Type Species:  
Y. iniqua, OD


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Fig. 313,1. *Y. iniqua, Chihsia Ls., China(E. of Chusanshan); la, axial sec. of holotype, X40; 1b, tang. sec. of paratype, X40 (*1922). --Fig. 313,2 Y. haydeni; THOMPSON, U.Perm.(Bamian Ls.), Afghan.; 2a, axial sec. of holotype, X20; 2b, enlargement of 2a showing chomata structure, X100 (*1922).


Synonyms

Jangchienia


Geographic Distribution

Eu.(Sicily-Greece) - Asia (China-Asia M.Afghan)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Perm.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Wuchiapingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
259.55
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Shell small, inflated-fusiform, inner 3 or 4 volutions discoidal, with asymmetrical to fusiform outer volutions: spirotheca consisting of tectum and diaphanotheca with thick lower and upper tectoria; septa unAuted; chomata massive, extending almost to polar ends (*1269, *1911, *1922).




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