Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma) | ||||
Neogene species | ||||
Tenuitella clemenciae Like T. munda but larger, 5 chambers in final whorl, and a more flattened lip | ||||
Paleogene species | ||||
Tenuitella angustiumbilicata Like Tenuitella gemma but chambers more inflated, especially in edge and umbilical view, and slightly higher trochospiral, and also by typically has 4½ (vs. 5-6) chambers in final whorl. Wall texture is distinctly more pustulose. | ||||
Tenuitella munda Very small, low trochospiral, lobate, 4-4½ chambers in final whorl, sutures depressed. Surface fairly smooth with fine pustules; umbilicus narrow; aperture low arch with thin lip | ||||
Tenuitella gemma Like T. praegemma but test slightly more compressed, less lobate periphery and nearly closed umbilicus; and by absence of secondary apertures or apertural lips. | ||||
Tenuitella praegemma Like T. insolita but aperture is low and extends from near the umbilicus to the spiral side and may be divided in two. | ||||
Tenuitella patefacta Like T. insolita but with a low rather than highly arched, extraumbilical aperture | ||||
Tenuitella insolita Distinguished from other tenuitellids by its highly arched and narrow aperture and smooth test surface. | ||||
Tenuitella sp. Specimens which cannot be assigned to established species |
This genus was revised by Huber and others (2006). As in Fleisher’s (1974) original concept, we include forms with an umbilical aperture as well as those with intraumbilical-extraumbilical and wholly extraumbilical apertures, hence we include Li’s (1987) form-genus Tenuitellinata in synonymy (following Pearson and Wade, 2009; see additional discussion under Tenuitella angustiumbilicata). [Pearson et al. 2018]
The diagnostic features common to all species of Tenuitella are that all have a minute to small, low trochospiral test, globular chambers lacking a distinct carina, and a smooth surface penetrated by extremely small perforations, which are usually obscured by small pustules or crystallites (PI. 39, Figs. 1-4). The subgenus Tenuitella can be easily distinguished from other globorotaliids by its characteristic smooth surface and smaller size. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]
Catalog entries: Tenuitella, Praetenuitella, Tenuitellinata
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Globigerinitidae): Microperforate
This taxon: Minute to small, low trochospiral test, with globular chambers. Monolamellar, microperforate wall with a smooth or finely pustulate surface.
Morphology:
Wall type:
Size:
Phylogenetic relations
[Huber et al. 2006]
Important Neogene species referable to Tenuitella are T. clemenciae and T. anfracta, which show morphological continuity as a lineage from the Late Oligocene through the Neogene (Text Fig. 18). T. munda exhibits most of its stratigraphic range within the Paleogene. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]
Most likely ancestor: Dipsidripella - at confidence level 2 (out of 5). Data source: Pearson et al. 2018, p. 433..
Likely descendants: Globigerinita;
plot with descendants
Geological Range:
Notes: Upper Eocene-upper Oligocene (Zones E15-O6).
[Huber et al. 2006]
Last occurrence (top): at top of N17b zone (100% up, 5.7Ma, in Messinian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within E15 zone (34.68-35.89Ma, base in Priabonian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database
Plot of occurrence data:
Primary source for this page: Pearson et al. 2018 - Olig Atlas chap.16 p.443; Huber et al. 2006 - Eocene Atlas, chap. 16, p. 487
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Tenuitella compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 9-10-2024
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