Foraminifera taxon details
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Diagnosis Test trochospiral in the early stage, later uncoiled and rectilinear; wall calcareous, hyaline oblique, surface coarsely cancellate; aperture elongate and terminal in the uncoiled stage, with projecting tooth at one margin, a solid columnar toothplate extending from inner margin of aperture to attach near the previous foramen. L. Paleocene (Danian) to M. Eocene (Lutetian). (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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