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Planorotalites pseudomenardii

Taxonomy
Planorotalites pseudomenardii was named by Nederbragt and van Hinte (1987). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Globorotalia pseudomenardii by Bolli (1957); it was recombined as Globorotalia (Globorotalia) pseudomenardii by Hillebrandt (1962); it was recombined as Globanomalina pseudomenardii by Bolli (1957), Olsson et al. (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. palmeri, P. pseudoscitulua, P. pseudoscitulus, P. compressa, P. pseudoscitula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Globanomalina pseudomenardii Bolli
1957Globorotalia pseudomenardii Bolli p. 77 figs. Plate 20, fig 14-17
1962Globorotalia (Globorotalia) pseudomenardii Hillebrandt pp. 126-127 figs. Pl. 12, Fig. 5a-c & 6a-b
1987Planorotalites pseudomenardii Nederbragt and van Hinte pp. 587 -588 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 1-16
1999Globanomalina pseudomenardii Olsson et al. p. 45 figs. Fig. 18; Pl. 14, Fig. 5-7; Pl. 38, Fig. 1-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
genusPlanorotalites
speciespseudomenardii

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.

†Planorotalites pseudomenardii Nederbragt and van Hinte 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. M. Bolli 1957Shape of test very low trochospiral, biconvex; equatorial peripheral elongate, lobate, especially so in large specimens; axial periphery angular with distinct keel. Wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth. Chambers strongly compressed; about 15, arranged in 3 whorls, the 5 chambers of the last whorl increasing rapidly in size. Sutures on spiral side strongly curved, especially so between last chambers of large specimens, depressed; on umbilical side radial, depressed. Umbilicus shallow, open. Aperture a low arch with a lip; interiomarginal, extraumbilical-umbilical. Largest diameter of holotype 0.34 mm., of figured paratype 0.66 mm.