Foraminifera taxon details
Yaucorotalia Seiglie, 1972 †
722403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722403)
accepted
Genus
Yaucorotalia moussai Seiglie, 1972 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Seiglie, G. A., 1972, A new genus and species of foraminifer from the Tertiary of Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal of Science 12:115-118.
page(s): p. 115 [details]
page(s): p. 115 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Yaucorotalia Seiglie, 1972 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722403 on 2024-04-25
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original description
Seiglie, G. A., 1972, A new genus and species of foraminifer from the Tertiary of Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal of Science 12:115-118.
page(s): p. 115 [details]
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
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page(s): p. 115 [details]
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
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Diagnosis Test lenticular, inequally biconvex, trochospiral, about three whorls visible on the more convex spiral side, five chambers in the final whorl, umbilical side with umbilical plug of pillars separated by anastomosing fissures, periphery angular, carinate; wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth on spiral side, umbilical side with fissures in the umbilical plug and costae radiating from the aperture across the face of the final chamber; aperture slitlike, with lip at umbilical margin. Oligocene to L. Miocene; Puerto Rico. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]