Biology:Saccarena

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Short description: Genus of foraminifera

Saccarena
Temporal range: Ludlow
Saccarena bitubulifera.png
Saccarena from the Ural Mountains.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Tubothalamea
Order: Ammodiscida
Family: Hippocrepinidae
Genus: Saccarena
Species:
S. bitubulifera
Binomial name
Saccarena bitubulifera
Chernykh (1969)

Saccarina is a monotypic fossil genus of agglutinated benthic foraminifera described in 1969, belonging to the subfamily Saccorhizinae.[1] It contains the sole species Saccarina bitubulifera.[2] Its chronostratigraphic range is the Ludlovian, during the Upper Silurian.[3]

References

  1. "The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera". Micropaleontology (The Micropaleontology Project., Inc.) 60 (1): 89–108. 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24413648. 
  2. Chernykh (1969). "Saccarina". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737401. 
  3. Loeblich, Alfred R.; Tappan, Helen (1988). Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification (1st ed.). New York: Springer New York. doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-5760-3. ISBN 978-1-4899-5760-3. 

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