Catalog - Hantkenina mexicana aragonensis

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Hantkenina mexicana aragonensis

Citation: Hantkenina mexicana var. aragonensis Nuttall 1930

Type locality: Arroyo Puentitla, 2600 m. N. 73? E. of El Tule, Mexico

Type repository: Washington; USNM

This variety differs from the type in generally having larger more inflated chambers, which always taper more gradually into the the spines. The latter are not infrequently broken as in figure 3.

This is a valuable and fairly common guide species for the Aragon

Junior homonym so new name H. nuttalli proposed by Toumarknine 1981

References:

Bolli, H. M., Loeblich, A. R. & Tappan, H. (1957). Planktonic foraminiferal families Hantkeninidae, Orbulinidae, Globorotaliidae and Globotruncanidae. In, Loeblich, A. R. , Jr., Tappan, H., Beckmann, J. P., Bolli, H. M., Montanaro Gallitelli, E. & Troelsen, J. C. (eds) Studies in Foraminifera. U.S. National Museum Bulletin. 215: 3-50. gs V O

Coxall, H. K. & Pearson, P. N. (2006). Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of the Hantkeninidae (Clavigerinella, Hantkenina and Cribrohantkenina). In, Pearson, P. N., Olsson, R. K., Hemleben, C., Huber, B. T. & Berggren, W. A. (eds) Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication. 41(Chap 8): 213-256. gs V O

Nuttall, W. L. F. (1930). Eocene Foraminifera from Mexico. Journal of Paleontology. 4: 271-293. gs

Toumarkine, M. (1981). Discussion de la validité de l'espèce Hantkenina aragonensis, Nuttall, 1930; Description de Hantkenina nuttalli, n.sp. Cahiers de Micropaléontologie. 4: 109-119. gs

CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Hantkenina mexicana var. aragonensis Nuttall 1930

Hantkenina mexicana aragonensis

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