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Eofallotia simplex Hottinger & Caus, 2009
Description Hottinger, L.; Caus, E. (2009). Meandropsinidae, an ophtalmidid family of Late Cretaceous K-strategist foraminifera endemic in the Pyrenean Gulf. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 253(2): 249-279., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0253-0249page(s): p. 259, figs. 7.1-7.14 (holotype fig. 7.2).
Fig. 7. 1-14. Eofallotia simplex n. gen. n. sp. All specimens from sample MA 15, Pla d’Escumò section, level of Lacazina pyrenaica, Lower Santonian. 1: equatorial section. 2: holotype, axial section. 3: oblique section near center inclined at about 30° relative to the coiling axis. 4: subaxial section showing layered structure of umbos. 5: oblique section inclined at about 60° relative to the coiling axis, Note the areas cut parallel to the alar septal face on upper left revealing the basic structural pattern in the alae. 6: oblique centered section inclined at about 45° relative to the coiling axis. 7. oblique section with an inclination of about 70° relative to the coiling axis. Below an oblique section of “Pseudorotalia schaubi” HOTTINGER. 8: section tangential to umbo. 9, 10: almost centered oblique sections near to the axial plane.11: axial section of recrystallized shell where only the umbos are preserved. 12-14: more or less inclined oblique sections illustrating the relative constance of the proportions of the shell. Abbreviations: f: foramen; men: median endoskeletal ridge; prp: preseptal passage; s: septum; sl: septulum; t: tooth; u: umbo. JPG file - 400.35 kB - 648 x 849 pixels added on 2024-01-2191 viewsForaminifera taxa Eofallotia simplex Hottinger & Caus, 2009 †checked Le Coze, François 2024-01-21
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