Foraminifera taxon details

Altistoma de Klasz & Rérat, 1962 †

721465  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721465)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Rhizaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Foraminifera (Phylum)
  6. Globothalamea (Class)
  7. Rotaliana (Subclass)
  8. Rotaliida (Order)
  9. Bolivinitoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Bolivinitidae (Family)
  11. Altistoma † (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Altistoma scalaris de Klasz & Rérat, 1962 † (type by original designation)
marine
fossil only
neuter
Klasz, I. de; Rérat, D. (1962). Quelques nouveaux foraminifères du Crétacé et du Tertiaire du Gabon (Afrique Équatoriale). <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 4: 175-189.
page(s): p. 180 [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2023). World Foraminifera Database. Altistoma de Klasz & Rérat, 1962 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721465 on 2023-09-25
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2013-03-08 13:53:47Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.
2017-08-25 20:01:42Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.
2017-12-26 10:02:30Z
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Le Coze, François
2019-11-10 22:07:17Z
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Le Coze, François
2023-06-04 12:49:53Z
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Le Coze, François

original description Klasz, I. de; Rérat, D. (1962). Quelques nouveaux foraminifères du Crétacé et du Tertiaire du Gabon (Afrique Équatoriale). <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 4: 175-189.
page(s): p. 180 [details]   

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  PDF available [request] 
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test elongate, rapidly widening, ovoid in section, chambers biserially arranged, or possibly with a very short triserial early stage, strongly overlapping so that the final pair occupies over half the test length, sharp angle at proximal margin of chambers results in a distinct shoulder that may have a faintly lobulate lower margin, sutures straight, somewhat oblique, depressed; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface smooth; aperture a high symmetrical arch in a depression in the final chamber face, toothplate not known. M. Eocene to L. Miocene; Egypt; Gabon. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]

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