Foraminifera taxon details

Aragonia Finlay, 1939 †

721482  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721482)

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Genus
Aragonia zelandica Finlay, 1939 † (type by original designation)

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Finlay, H. J. (1939). New Zealand Foraminifera: Key Species in Stratigraphy - No. 3. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 69: 309-329., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_69/rsnz_69_03_003140.html
page(s): p. 318 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Aragonia Finlay, 1939 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721482 on 2024-04-23
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2013-03-08 13:53:47Z
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2017-12-26 10:02:30Z
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2019-12-26 13:55:06Z
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original description Finlay, H. J. (1939). New Zealand Foraminifera: Key Species in Stratigraphy - No. 3. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 69: 309-329., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_69/rsnz_69_03_003140.html
page(s): p. 318 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Diagnosis Test rhomboidal in outline, compressed to fusiform in section, biserial throughout, chambers increasing rapidly in breadth as added, sutures oblique, thickened, and elevated; wall calcareous, optically granular, apparently lacking pores, surface ornamented by limbate and elevated sutures and marginal keel and may have diagonally placed longitudinal costae; aperture a small opening at the base of the apertural face, no toothplate. L. Paleocene (Danian) to M. Eocene (Lutetian); North America; Caribbean; Italy; Morocco; New Zealand. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]