Foraminifera taxon details
Pavopsammia Seiglie & Baker, 1984 †
737944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737944)
accepted
Genus
Pavopsammia flabellum Seiglie & Baker, 1984 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Seiglie, G. A.; Baker, M. B. (1984). Some West African Cenozoic Agglutinated Foraminifers with Inner Structures: Taxonomy, Age and Evolution. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 29(4)[1983]: 391., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485516
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Diagnosis Test elongate, palmate, flattened, proloculus followed by a few triserially arranged chambers, then biserial and finally...
Diagnosis Test elongate, palmate, flattened, proloculus followed by a few triserially arranged chambers, then biserial and finally uniserial, interior subdivided by numerous elongate septula that project inward from the chamber roof and outer wall as in Pavonitina; wall finely agglutinated; aperture terminal, possibly multiple. Oligocene; offshore from Cameroon, West Africa. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Pavopsammia Seiglie & Baker, 1984 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737944 on 2025-06-05
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Seiglie, G. A.; Baker, M. B. (1984). Some West African Cenozoic Agglutinated Foraminifers with Inner Structures: Taxonomy, Age and Evolution. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 29(4)[1983]: 391., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485516
page(s): p. 393 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 393 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test elongate, palmate, flattened, proloculus followed by a few triserially arranged chambers, then biserial and finally uniserial, interior subdivided by numerous elongate septula that project inward from the chamber roof and outer wall as in Pavonitina; wall finely agglutinated; aperture terminal, possibly multiple. Oligocene; offshore from Cameroon, West Africa. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
