Foraminifera taxon details
Oketaella Thompson, 1951 †
721841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721841)
accepted
Genus
Oketaella fryei Thompson, 1951 † (type by original designation)
Longlinella Huang in Huang & Zeng, 1984 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Vachard et al. (2018)
- Species Oketaella battleshipwashensis Bourque, 1978 †
- Species Oketaella borealis Zhang & Xia, 1985 †
- Species Oketaella campensis Thompson, 1954 †
- Species Oketaella cheneyi Thompson, 1954 †
- Species Oketaella dayingensis Zhang, Rui, Wang & Li, 1988 †
- Species Oketaella earglei Myers, 1966 †
- Species Oketaella ellipsoidalis (Leven, 1992) †
- Species Oketaella fryei Thompson, 1951 †
- Species Oketaella fuchengensis Zhang & Xia, 1985 †
- Species Oketaella fusiformis (Zhang & Wang, 1985) †
- Species Oketaella guangxiensis (Huang in Huang & Zeng, 1984) †
- Species Oketaella inflata Thompson & Lamerson, 1957 †
- Species Oketaella lenensis Thompson, Verville & Lokke, 1956 †
- Species Oketaella longlinensis (Huang in Huang & Zeng, 1984) †
- Species Oketaella minuta (Thompson, 1954) †
- Species Oketaella oscurensis Thompson, Verville & Lokke, 1956 †
- Species Oketaella profryei Zhang & Xia, 1985 †
- Species Oketaella provecta Zhang & Xia, 1985 †
- Species Oketaella quasilenensis Zhang & Xia, 1985 †
- Species Oketaella shiroishiensis Morikawa & Kobayashi, 1960 †
- Species Oketaella sinensis Zhang & Xia, 1985 †
- Species Oketaella takahashii Morikawa & Kobayashi, 1960 †
- Species Oketaella waldripensis Thompson, 1954 †
- Species Oketaella sinensis Zhang & Xia in Rui & Hou, 1987 † accepted as Oketaella sinensis Zhang & Xia, 1985 † (Described earlier)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Thompson, M. L. (1951). New genera of fusulinid foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 2: 115-119., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/02ccffr4.pdf
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Description Description: Test small, ellipsoidal to fusiform. Relatively large proloculus; no juvenarium; septa planar to slightly...
Diagnosis Test small, inflated, ellipsoidal to fusiform, relatively large proloculus followed by about six loosely coiled volutions,...
Description Description: Test small, ellipsoidal to fusiform. Relatively large proloculus; no juvenarium; septa planar to slightly folded in the poles. Wall keriothecal and tectum. Central aperture with tunnel and asymmetrical chomata.
Occurrence: Desmoinesian/Missourian boundary interval to Wolfcampian of the USA; Middle Asselian–Early Bolorian of Darvaz, Uzbekistan (Leven et al., 1992); Yakhtashian of South China (Huang, 1984; Rui & Hou, 1987) and Afghanistan (Leven, 1997 as Biwaella shiroishiensis and B. tumefacta). Artinskian of Croatia (?Kochansky-Devidé, 1955; Kochansky-Devidé & Milanov ić, 1962). Sakmarian of Japan and Montenegro (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987).
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019)). [details]
Occurrence: Desmoinesian/Missourian boundary interval to Wolfcampian of the USA; Middle Asselian–Early Bolorian of Darvaz, Uzbekistan (Leven et al., 1992); Yakhtashian of South China (Huang, 1984; Rui & Hou, 1987) and Afghanistan (Leven, 1997 as Biwaella shiroishiensis and B. tumefacta). Artinskian of Croatia (?Kochansky-Devidé, 1955; Kochansky-Devidé & Milanov ić, 1962). Sakmarian of Japan and Montenegro (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987).
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019)). [details]
Diagnosis Test small, inflated, ellipsoidal to fusiform, relatively large proloculus followed by about six loosely coiled volutions,...
Diagnosis Test small, inflated, ellipsoidal to fusiform, relatively large proloculus followed by about six loosely coiled volutions, septa thick, unfluted throughout; wall thick, of tectum and thick keriotheca, with very finely porous upper keriotheca and coarsely alveolar lower keriotheca, septal wall of tectum and an extension of the keriotheca from the chambers on both sides, single tunnel with straight to irregular path, low and narrow chomata in the first whorl, and high, broad, and asymmetrical chomata in later whorls that are continuous with the coatings on the chamber floor and merge with the axial fillings. L. Permian (Sakmarian), Wolfcampian; USA: Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada; Japan; Yugoslavia: Montenegro. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Oketaella Thompson, 1951 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721841 on 2026-03-23
Date
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original description
Thompson, M. L. (1951). New genera of fusulinid foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 2: 115-119., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/02ccffr4.pdf
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original description (of Longlinella Huang in Huang & Zeng, 1984 †) Huang, Z. X.; Zeng, X. L. (1984). The early Early Permian (Longlinian Stage) fusulinid fauna from Longlin, Guangxi. <em>Earth Sci.-Jour., Wuhan Coll. Geol.</em> 26(3): 11-24.
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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 [request]
page(s): p. 116 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Longlinella Huang in Huang & Zeng, 1984 †) Huang, Z. X.; Zeng, X. L. (1984). The early Early Permian (Longlinian Stage) fusulinid fauna from Longlin, Guangxi. <em>Earth Sci.-Jour., Wuhan Coll. Geol.</em> 26(3): 11-24.
page(s): p. 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]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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Description Description: Test small, ellipsoidal to fusiform. Relatively large proloculus; no juvenarium; septa planar to slightly folded in the poles. Wall keriothecal and tectum. Central aperture with tunnel and asymmetrical chomata.Occurrence: Desmoinesian/Missourian boundary interval to Wolfcampian of the USA; Middle Asselian–Early Bolorian of Darvaz, Uzbekistan (Leven et al., 1992); Yakhtashian of South China (Huang, 1984; Rui & Hou, 1987) and Afghanistan (Leven, 1997 as Biwaella shiroishiensis and B. tumefacta). Artinskian of Croatia (?Kochansky-Devidé, 1955; Kochansky-Devidé & Milanov ić, 1962). Sakmarian of Japan and Montenegro (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987).
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019)). [details]
Diagnosis Test small, inflated, ellipsoidal to fusiform, relatively large proloculus followed by about six loosely coiled volutions, septa thick, unfluted throughout; wall thick, of tectum and thick keriotheca, with very finely porous upper keriotheca and coarsely alveolar lower keriotheca, septal wall of tectum and an extension of the keriotheca from the chambers on both sides, single tunnel with straight to irregular path, low and narrow chomata in the first whorl, and high, broad, and asymmetrical chomata in later whorls that are continuous with the coatings on the chamber floor and merge with the axial fillings. L. Permian (Sakmarian), Wolfcampian; USA: Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada; Japan; Yugoslavia: Montenegro. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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