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Morozovelloides

Truncorotaloididae

Discussion

DISCUSSION. The new genus accommodates several lower-middle Eocene species that have generally been placed in Morozovella in recent years, but which are believed to have evolved from Acarinina. The concept of Morozovelloides was developed in discussions with R.D. Norris (pers. comm., 2001).

Taxonomy
Morozovelloides was named by Pearson and Berggren (2006) [DESCRIPTION. Type of wall: Muricate, with a tendency for concentration of the muricae around the periphery and umbilical region and possessing smooth areas on the spiral side. Test morphology: Low trochospiral, generally lobulate or petaloid in outline, with concentration of bladed muricae around the periphery forming a discontinuous muricocarina. Four to eight chambers in the final whorl; aperture umbilical-extraumbilical or wholly extraumbilical.].

It was assigned to Truncorotaloididae by Pearson and Berggren (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Morozovelloides Pearson and Berggren p. 327 fig. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderGlobigerininaDelage and Herouard 1896
familyTruncorotaloididaeLoeblich and Tappan 1961
genusMorozovelloides

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Morozovelloides Pearson and Berggren 2006
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Morozovelloides bandyi Fleisher 1974
Morozovelloides crassatus Cushman 1925
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Invalid names: Morozovella spinulosa Cushman 1927 [synonym]
Morozovelloides lehneri Cushman and Jarvis 1929
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P.N. Pearson and W.A. Berggren 2006Type of wall: Muricate, with a tendency for concentration of the muricae around the periphery and umbilical region and possessing smooth areas on the spiral side. Test morphology: Low trochospiral, generally lobulate or petaloid in outline, with concentration of bladed muricae around the periphery forming a discontinuous muricocarina. Four to eight chambers in the final whorl; aperture umbilical-extraumbilical or wholly