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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Favusella quadrata Michael 1973

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Higher levels: pf_cat -> F -> Favusella -> Favusella quadrata
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 quadrata

Citation: Favusella quadrata Michael 1973
taxonomic rank: Species
Type specimens: Plate 4, figs. 7-9; Holotype: USNM 172799; Paratype: USNM 172800; paratypes F.M. 10; PesĀ­ sagno Collection, University of Texas at Dallas.
Type locality: Tex 13 Grayson County (Sample L.T.Dc. 4); Duck Creek Formation.
Type repository: Washington; USNM

Linked specimens: USNM-172799 USNM-172800

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


Original Description

Test large, a low trochospire of two and a half volutions of fairly spherical chambers that increase gradually in size; usually five chambers in last whorl; umbilicus quite wide, shallow; peripheral out- line rounded, overall configuration of test quadrate-shaped; sutures distinct, radial and straight; primary aperture interiomarginal, umbilical to slightly extra-umbilical; cancellate pattern well developed; polygonal areas usually hexagonal, sometimes pentagonal; always equal in size.

Etymology:
from quadratus-a-um (Latin) = four cornered or square.

Extra details from original publication
Remarks: F. quadrata, n. sp., is characterized by its widc umbilicus, spherical chambcrs and umbilical aper­ ture. It differs from F. nitida, n. sp., in having a much wider umbilicus, spherical chambers, a finer cancellate pattern, and a test which is less convex spirally.
Range: Upper Albian: Hedbergella implicata Sub­ zone to H. punctata Subzone of the F. washitensis Assemblage Zone.
Occurrence: F. quadrata, n. sp., is abundant in Duck Creek Formation and relatively rare in Fort Worth and Denton Formations of the North Central Texas area.

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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