Foraminifera taxon details
Brasiliella Troelsen, 1978 †
721927 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721927)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Troelsen, J. C. (1978). Brasiliella variabilis a problematic microfossil from the Upper Cretaceous. <em>Revista Española de Micropaleontología.</em> 10: 461-465.
page(s): p. 461 [details]
page(s): p. 461 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Brasiliella Troelsen, 1978 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721927 on 2024-04-19
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Troelsen, J. C. (1978). Brasiliella variabilis a problematic microfossil from the Upper Cretaceous. <em>Revista Española de Micropaleontología.</em> 10: 461-465.
page(s): p. 461 [details]
basis of record Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 461 [details]
basis of record Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test small, up to 0.39 mm in length, unilocular, spherical, ovoid, or subcylindrical; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, white, and opaque, ultrastructure shows inner veneer of twodimensional randomly arranged calcite crystals, an intermediate layer with faint radial alignment and an outer layer of threedimensional randomly arranged crystals, surface of test smooth, pitted, or transversely wrinkled; aperture rounded, subterminal and excentric, flush to slightly produced. U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); Brazil. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]