Foraminifera taxon details

Discorbis rukasi Howe, 1939 †

918665  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:918665)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Howe, H. V. (1939). Louisiana Cook Mountain Eocene Foraminifera. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Sur­vey of Louisiana.</em> 14: 1-122. [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Discorbis rukasi Howe, 1939 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=918665 on 2024-04-23
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original description Howe, H. V. (1939). Louisiana Cook Mountain Eocene Foraminifera. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Sur­vey of Louisiana.</em> 14: 1-122. [details]   

basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em>  [details]   

additional source Smith, L. E.; Sen Gupta, B. K. (2021). Henry V. Howe and his collection of Foraminifera at Louisiana State University. <em>Occasional Papers of the LSU Museum of Natural Science.</em> 91: 1-80., available online at https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mnspapers/files/2021/04/Occasional-Paper-91.pdf
note: Holotype, paratype or syntype [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Holotype HVH 2035, Eocene, Claiborne, Cook Mountain Fm.; “from Sample No. 19,” (Ru-274 F): “Yellow calcareous clays, 300 feet east and downstream from Sample No. 14 in creek bank.” [Sample No. 14 was “collected just east of the bridge.”] “4.9 miles north of Flora in center of sec. 16, T. 8 N., R. 7 W.,”
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Collected by Justin M. Rukas between 1936 and 1938. Figured: pl. 10, fig. 25.  [details]

Paratype HVH 2036, same sample as holotype, one specimen, figured: pl. 10, fig. 26. [details]