Foraminifera taxon details
Plummerinella complexa Cushman & Waters, 1928 †
898776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:898776)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). Some Foraminifera from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Texas. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 4(2): 31-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/4cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 49, pl. 6, fig. 6.; note: Graham formation of the Cisco, collected from 5 feet above the Gunsight limestone near Graham, Young Co., Texas. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 49, pl. 6, fig. 6.; note: Graham formation of the Cisco, collected from 5 feet above the Gunsight limestone near Graham, Young Co., Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Original description This species with the characters of the genus is a peculiar one in the complexity of the structure that has been developed...
Original description This species with the characters of the genus is a peculiar one in the complexity of the structure that has been developed from a simple tubular chamber, the early planispiral stage, followed by several regular coils but the tubular chamber bending regularly back and forth and the last-formed portion tending to spread out over the attached surface. Longest diameter .80mm. Holotype (Cushman Coll. 7690) from the Graham formation of the Cisco, collected from 5 feet above the Gunsight limestone near Graham, Young Co., Texas, by James A. Waters. Specimens of this species are easily overlooked when seen from the outer surface which shows little of the structure.
(Cushman and Waters (1928)). [details]
(Cushman and Waters (1928)). [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Plummerinella complexa Cushman & Waters, 1928 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=898776 on 2026-05-20
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Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). Some Foraminifera from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Texas. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 4(2): 31-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/4cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 49, pl. 6, fig. 6.; note: Graham formation of the Cisco, collected from 5 feet above the Gunsight limestone near Graham, Young Co., Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
page(s): p. 49, pl. 6, fig. 6.; note: Graham formation of the Cisco, collected from 5 feet above the Gunsight limestone near Graham, Young Co., Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
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Original description This species with the characters of the genus is a peculiar one in the complexity of the structure that has been developed from a simple tubular chamber, the early planispiral stage, followed by several regular coils but the tubular chamber bending regularly back and forth and the last-formed portion tending to spread out over the attached surface. Longest diameter .80mm. Holotype (Cushman Coll. 7690) from the Graham formation of the Cisco, collected from 5 feet above the Gunsight limestone near Graham, Young Co., Texas, by James A. Waters. Specimens of this species are easily overlooked when seen from the outer surface which shows little of the structure.(Cushman and Waters (1928)). [details]
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