Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma) | ||||
Lunatriella spinifera | ||||
Lunatriella sp. Specimens which cannot be assigned to established species |
Taxonomy
Original description: Test elongate; initial portion of nearly equi dimensional chambers arranged biserially like Heterohelix; later portion composed of vertically elongated chambers which form an irregularly uniserial pattern; sutures depressed: later chambers with or without spinelike lateral projections; aperture in early biserial chambers a high arch with lateral apertural lips: aperture in elongate later chambers terminal, the lateral apertural lips merging below the aperture into a troughlike projection which is attached to the preceding chamber; wall of radia lly arranged calcite, finely perforate.
Entries in the Catalog of original descriptions: Lunatriella
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Heterohelicidae): Aperture symmetrical, ranging from a low slit to a high arch at the base of the final chamber, becoming terminal in uniserial taxa.
This taxon: Initially biserial, later chambers elongated and arranged in an irregular uniserial pattern
Morphology:
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of W. archaeocretacea zone (100% up, 93.5Ma, in Turonian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within W. archaeocretacea zone (93.52-94.03Ma, base in Cenomanian stage). Data source: Total of ranges 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. gsReferences:
Lunatriella compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 7-11-2024
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