Foraminifera name details
original description
Beckmann, H. (1950). Rhenothyra, eine neue Foraminiferengattung aus dem rheinischen Mitteldevon. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte.</em> 6: 183-187. page(s): p. 184 [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 [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test discoidal, planispirally enrolled and evolute, whorls enlarging slowly, with numerous chambers in the later whorls, about thirteen to fourteen, nearly equidimensional in axial section, septa radial, slightly convex toward the aperture, somewhat thinner than the outer wall; wall calcareous, microgranular, thick, and massive throughout growth, three layered, the layers equivalent to the fusulinid tectum, diaphanotheca, and tectorium, no secondary deposits present; aperture an equatorial circular opening at the base of the apertural face. Uppermost M. Devonian (Givetian); Germany. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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