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Original Description
“Diagnosis. - A Rugoglobigerina (Archaeoglobigerina) with a small to medium sized, trochospiral, closely coiled test, a very small initial whorl, and a large later one with 3 large chambers, almost straight, depressed sutures and a small sized umbilicus.
“Description. - Test medium sized, coiled in a relatively low trochospire; ventral side inflated; equatorial periphery triangular, deeply lobate; axial periphery rounded; chambers of the dorsal side not all clear, initial ones are very small, globigerine and increase slowly in size as added; chambers in the outer whorl 3, globigerine, inflated, much larger than the early ones and almost equal in size; on the ventral side the chambers are 3 globigerine, inflated and increase very slowly; sutures on both sides are almost straight, radial and depressed; umbilicus small, covered by tegilla which are only partially preserved; primary aperture interiomarginal, umbilical, covered by poorly preserved tegilla; surface rough, finely papillose, wall calcareous perforate, except for the imperforate tegilla.
Size: “Dimensions of the holotype: Maximum diameter 0.227mm; minimum diameter 0.20 mm; thickness 0.141mm.
Extra details from original publication
“Remarks. - Rugoglobigerina (A.) bashai differs from the known R. (A.) species by its triangular outline and its closely coiled test.”
El-Nakhal, H. & El-Naggar, Z. R. (1984). On the occurrence of the foraminiferal genus Rugoglobigerina in the Late Cretaceous succession of Kuwait. Journal of the Geological Society of Iraq. 16-17 (1983-1984): 149-183. gsReferences:
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Rugoglobigerina (Archaeoglobigerina) bashai compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 17-1-2021
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