Foraminifera taxon details
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Diagnosis Test large, arborescent, large globular proloculus followed by uniserial broad and low cylindrical chambers in rectilinear or dichotomously branching series; wall thick, canaliculate, coarsely agglutinated, of quartz particles and occasional large shell fragments; aperture simple, rounded to ovoid, terminal at the end of the rows of chambers, commonly single but less frequently with two openings, possibly just prior to bifurcation. U. Cretaceous (Cenomanian); Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt; India. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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