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not figured | Praetenuitella antica Leon-Rodriguez 2011 | ||
![]() | Praetenuitella impariapertura Li 1987 | ||
![]() | Praetenuitella patefacta Li 1987 = Tenuitella patefacta | ||
![]() | ![]() | Praetenuitella praegemma Li 1987 = Tenuitella praegemma |
Current identification/main database link: Tenuitella Fleisher, 1974, emended Li, 1987
Original Description
Test very low trochospiral; chambers globular to ovate, enlarging slowly as added, 4-6 in final whorl; sutures radial on both sides; umbilicus large and open; wall finely macroperforate in early test, later microperforate; surface sparsely pustulate; aperture anterointra- extraumbilical to wholly extraumbilical, with thin lip.
Etymology: "prae-,"" before; ""before the genus Tenuitella."" "
Extra details from original publication
Stratigraphic range. Late Eocene.
Li, Q. (1987). Origin, phylogenetic development and systematic taxonomy of the Tenuitella plexus (Globigerinitidae, Globigerininina). Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 17: 298-320. gsReferences:
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