CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Koutsoukosia Georgescu 2009
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Citation: Koutsoukosia Georgescu 2009Rank: GenusType species: Guembelitria sergipensis Koutsoukos, 1994Type age (chronostrat): Upper Aptian to lower part of upper Albian (from the G. algeriana Biozone throughout the lower part of P. subticinensis Biozone).Type locality: South America (Sergipe Basin, eastern Brazil).
Current identification:
Original Description
Diagnosis: Test triserial with strong and blunt pustules on all of the chambers.
Description: Test with triserial chamber arrangement; chambers are globular and increase gradually in size as added. Sutures are distinct and depressed. Aperture is large, in the shape of a high arch. Chamber surface is ornamented with large-sized, blunt pustules. Test wall is calcitic, microperforate.
Size: Etymology: Genus dedicated to Dr. E. A. M. Koutsoukos (University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Extra details from original publication Remarks.– Koutsoukosia differs from all other triserial genera of the Cretaceous by having the test ornamentation consisting of blunt pustules (Fig. 2; Pl. 1, Fig. 2). The pore mounds mentioned in the original description of the type species are probably the result of diagenesis, which affected the original ornamentation on the chamber surface. Overall, the ornamentation of Koutsoukosia is similar to that of the primitive planktic foraminifera of the Family Globuligerinidae (Riegraf, 1987; Simmons et al., 1997). Editors' Notes
References:
Georgescu, M. D. (2009a). On the origins of Superfamily Heterohelicacea Cushman, 1927 and the polyphyletic nature of planktic foraminifera. Revista Española de Micropaleontología. 41: 107-144. gsVO
Koutsoukosia compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project teamviewed: 7-8-2022
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