Foraminifera taxon details
Sansabaina Loeblich & Tappan, 1984 †
737396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737396)
accepted
Genus
Hyperammina elegantissima Plummer, 1945 † accepted as Sansabaina elegantissima (Plummer, 1945) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Some
new proteinaceous and agglutinated genera of
Foraminiferida. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 58: 1158-1163.
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Sansabaina Loeblich & Tappan, 1984 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737396 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Some
new proteinaceous and agglutinated genera of
Foraminiferida. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 58: 1158-1163.
page(s): p. 1159 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 1159 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test elongate, tapering, up to about 2 mm in length; proloculus may be recognizable as a distinct chamber in the megalospheric generation, but the test of the microspheric generation may taper gradually to a point; wall finely agglutinated with considerable cement, sugary in appearance, smoothly finished; aperture terminal, circular, slightly constricted. U. Devonian to L. Carboniferous (Tournaisian, Visean), L. Mississippian (Kinderhookian, Osagian, Chesterian): USA: Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Montana. U. Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian; USA: Texas. U. Permian; Germany; Australia. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]