Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)![]() | ||||
Guembelitria cenomana | ||||
Guembelitria cretacea | ||||
Guembelitria sergipensis | ||||
Guembelitria sp. Specimens which cannot be assigned to established species |
Taxonomy
Original description: Test similar to Guembelina, but triserial; wall calcareous, finely perforate; aperture large, at the inner edge of the last-formed chamber. This genus is widely distributed in the Upper Cretaceous of North and South America.
Entries in the Catalog of original descriptions: Guembelitria
Distinguishing features: Test subconical, chambers globular and inflated, triserial throughout, sutures distinct, depressed; wall calcareous, optically radial, finely and irregularly perforate, with each pore elevated on a pore mound; aperture an interiomarginal arch at the base of the final chamber, with an imperforate bordering lip.
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Maastrichtian Stage (66.04-72.05Ma, top in Maastrichtian stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Aptian Stage (112.95-126.30Ma, base in Aptian stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database
Plot of range and occurrence data:
Loeblich, A. R. & Tappan, H. (1988). Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification (Volume I-II). Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York. 1-1059. gs Missing or ambiguous references: Cushman 1933 32-38; References:
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Guembelitria compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 28-1-2021
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