Foraminifera taxon details
Heterantyx Loeblich & Tappan, 1982 †
737919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737919)
accepted
Genus
Heterantyx antonovae Loeblich & Tappan, 1982 † (type by original designation)
- Species Heterantyx antonovae Loeblich & Tappan, 1982 †
- Species Heterantyx garurensis Luger, 2018 †
- Species Heterantyx magna (Antonova & Kalugina, 1964) †
- Species Heterantyx rectangularis (Ten Dam, 1947) †
- Species Heterantyx voorthuyseni (Ten Dam, 1952) †
- Species Heterantyx cretosa (Ten Dam, 1950) † accepted as Heterantyx voorthuyseni (Ten Dam, 1952) † (Junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1982). A revision of mid-Cretaceous textularian foraminifers from Texas. <em>Journal of Micropalaeontology.</em> 1(1): 55-69., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.1.1.55
page(s): p. 57; note: Genus is feminine [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 57; note: Genus is feminine [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test free, elongate, flaring, with lozengeshaped cross section and truncated margins that may form a distinct ridge at each...
Diagnosis Test free, elongate, flaring, with lozengeshaped cross section and truncated margins that may form a distinct ridge at each angle, early stage planispirally enrolled, later biserial, with elevated ridge along the zigzag suture between the two rows of biserial chambers; wall finely agglutinated, solid and noncanaliculate; aperture a slit or low arch at the base of the final chamber. L. Cretaceous (Barremian to Albian); USA: Texas; France; Netherlands; USSR: Krasnodar. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Heterantyx Loeblich & Tappan, 1982 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737919 on 2025-05-25
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original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1982). A revision of mid-Cretaceous textularian foraminifers from Texas. <em>Journal of Micropalaeontology.</em> 1(1): 55-69., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.1.1.55
page(s): p. 57; note: Genus is feminine [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 57; note: Genus is feminine [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test free, elongate, flaring, with lozengeshaped cross section and truncated margins that may form a distinct ridge at each angle, early stage planispirally enrolled, later biserial, with elevated ridge along the zigzag suture between the two rows of biserial chambers; wall finely agglutinated, solid and noncanaliculate; aperture a slit or low arch at the base of the final chamber. L. Cretaceous (Barremian to Albian); USA: Texas; France; Netherlands; USSR: Krasnodar. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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