Pachyphloiidae

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Pachyphloiidae
Temporal range: Permian
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Rhizaria
Phylum:
Retaria
Class:
Foraminifera
Order:
Fusulinida
Superfamily:
Geinitzinacea
Family:
Pachyphloiidae

Loeblich and Tappan, 1984
Genera

see text

Pachyphloiidae is a family of uniserial Permian Foraminifera included in the fusulinid superfamily Geinitzinacea along with the Geinitzinidae. Three genera are recognized. They are:
, type
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Pachyphloiid genera are characterized by their free, compressed, uniserial tests with broad low chambers recurved laterally and microgranular calcareous walls with secondary lamellar thickening on both sides which distinguishes them from the ancestral Geinitzinidae.

References[]

  • A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan. 1984. Suprageneric classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). Micropaleontology 30(1):1-70
  • __ __ 1988. Forminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold.
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