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Ilerdorbis decussatus Hottinger & Claus, 1982
Description Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification. Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 90, Figs. 1-7: U. Cretaceous (Campanian), Spain. 1, Holotype in almost equatorial oblique section showing triangular pattern in endoskeleton resulting from the crosswise oblique stolon system, x 50; 2, nearly centered oblique section showing early spiral chambers and wellpreserved exoskeleton, x 50; 3, nearly centered axial section, microspheric, x 25; 4, 5, nearly vertical transverse sections showing uninterrupted endoskeleton in the equatorial plane, x 50; 6, 7, structural diagrams; 6, annular segment of two and a half chambers showing both endoskeletal and exoskeletal elements and cut in transverse, tangential, oblique, and radial directions, with two parallel equatorial slices running in separate stolon planes, arrow at lower right of figure indicates direction of radial growth; 7, diagram showing only the endoskeletal elements; in both figures: annular apertural face in equatorial plane (a), exoskeletal beam (b), endoskeleton (e), intercameral foramen or stolon (f), junction of endoskeleton and exoskeleton (j), rafter (r), septum (s), suture (su), lateral wall (w), (all from Hottinger and Caus, 1982).
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added on 2023-12-0428 viewsWoRMS taxaDigital photo, entire species Ilerdorbis decussatus Hottinger & Caus, 1982 †checked Le Coze, François 2023-12-04
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