Foraminifera taxon details
Gunteria Cushman & Ponton, 1933 †
722281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722281)
accepted
Genus
Gunteria floridana Cushman & Ponton, 1933 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Cushman, J. A.; Ponton, G. M. (1933). A new genus of the Foraminifera, Gunteria, from the Middle Eocene of Florida. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 9(2): 25-30., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/9cclfr2.pdf
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Diagnosis Test compressed, flabelliform to reniform, early stage with large globular undivided chambers, later chambers concentric...
Diagnosis Test compressed, flabelliform to reniform, early stage with large globular undivided chambers, later chambers concentric and subdivided by numerous radial and vertical partitions as in Fabiania, sutures indistinct except on abraded specimens; wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth to pustulose; aperture of two rows of openings on the terminal face, or occasionally the terminal face may be somewhat expanded at one end and have more numerous openings. M. Eocene; USA: Florida; Cuba; Dominican Republic. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Gunteria Cushman & Ponton, 1933 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722281 on 2026-05-30
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Cushman, J. A.; Ponton, G. M. (1933). A new genus of the Foraminifera, Gunteria, from the Middle Eocene of Florida. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 9(2): 25-30., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/9cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 25 [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 [request]
page(s): p. 25 [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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Diagnosis Test compressed, flabelliform to reniform, early stage with large globular undivided chambers, later chambers concentric and subdivided by numerous radial and vertical partitions as in Fabiania, sutures indistinct except on abraded specimens; wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth to pustulose; aperture of two rows of openings on the terminal face, or occasionally the terminal face may be somewhat expanded at one end and have more numerous openings. M. Eocene; USA: Florida; Cuba; Dominican Republic. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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