Foraminifera taxon details
original description
Wessem, A. van. (1943). Geology and Paleontology of Central Camaguey, Cuba. <em>Utrecht Rijks-Universiteit, Geographische en Geologische Mededelingen, Physiographisch-Geologische Reeks.</em> 2(5): 1-91. page(s): p. 43 [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 page(s): p. 377 pl. 409 fig. 5-13; note: Rather of Eocene in age than Upper Cretaceous as originally reported. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Test elongate, subconical, up to about 1 mm in length, circular in section, early stage planispirally enrolled, later uncoiled and rectilinear, chambers low and arched centrally, interior subdivided by a few inward projecting radial septula; wall calcareous, porcelaneous; aperture:; terminal, central. Eocene (Lutetian) to Oligocene; Cuba; Iraq; Iran; Spain. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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