Foraminifera taxon details
Praeammoastuta Bursch, 1952 †
737709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737709)
accepted
Genus
Praeammoastuta alberdingi Bursch, 1952 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Bursch, J. G. (1952). Praeammoastuta, New Foraminiferal Genus of the Venezuelan Tertiary, with an Emendation of Ammoastuta Cushman and Brönnimann. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 26(6): 915-923.
page(s): p. 915 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 915 [details] Available for editors [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Praeammoastuta Bursch, 1952 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737709 on 2024-03-29
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original description
Bursch, J. G. (1952). Praeammoastuta, New Foraminiferal Genus of the Venezuelan Tertiary, with an Emendation of Ammoastuta Cushman and Brönnimann. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 26(6): 915-923.
page(s): p. 915 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 915 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test compressed, subflabelliform in outline, chambers of early stage uniserial and arcuate, lengthening as added as in Ammoastuta, adult chambers elongate, compressed, sigmoid, and tending to uncoil but not overlapping earlier chambers proximally; wall agglutinated, translucent, of fine siliceous and ferruginous particles on an organic base; aperture a very small opening near the midpoint of the apertural face that may be obscured by the agglutinated material. Oligocene: Venezuela; M. Miocene: USSR: Sakhalin Is. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]