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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Favusella nitida Michael 1973

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Higher levels: pf_cat -> F -> Favusella -> Favusella nitida
Other pages this level: F. confusa, F. hedbergellaeformis, F. nitida, F. orbiculata, F. papagayosensis, F. pessagnoi, F. planata, F. quadrata, F. scitula, F. stiftia, F. voloshinae, F. wenoensis

Favusella nitida

Citation: Favusella nitida Michael 1973
taxonomic rank: Species
Type specimens: Plate 3, figs. 10-12; Holotype: USNM 172793; Paratype: USNM 172794; paratypes F.M. 7; Pessagno Collection, University of Texas at Dallas.
Type locality: Tex 13 Grayson County (samplc L.T.Dc. 4); Duck Creek Formation.
Type repository: Washington; USNM

Linked specimens: USNM-172794 USNM-172793

Current identification/main database link: Favusella washitensis (Carsey, 1926)


Original Description

Test large, coiled in moderately low trochospire composed of three volutions of fairly globular chambers that increase gradually in size; usually five chambers in last whorl; umbilicus small, moderately deep, pentagonal in shape; peripheral outline rounded; sutures distinct, radial, deep and straight; primary aperture interiomarginal, umbilical with narrow lip; polygonal ornamentation well developed, usually with equal sized hexagonal frames.

Etymology:
from nitidus -a -um (Latin) = neat or elegant.

Extra details from original publication
Remarks: F. nitida, n. sp., is distinguished from all other Fuvnsella species by its completely umbilical aper- ture, by the globular chambers of its last whorl; by its subtrapczoidal chambers spirally; and by its pentag- onally shaped umbilicus. Range: Uppcr Albian. F . washitensis Assemblage Zone: H . implicata Subzone to H . punctatu Subzone. Occurrence: F . nitida, n. sp., is common in the Duck Creek Formation and relatively rare in Fort Worth and Denton Formations of North Ccntrdl Texas.

References:

Michael, F. Y. (1973). Planktonic foraminifera from the Comanchean Series (Cretaceous) of Texas. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 2 (1972)(4): 200-220. gs


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