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Globoturborotalita apertura
Taxonomy
Globigerina apertura was named by Cushman (1918). It is not extant.
It was recombined as Globigerina (Zeaglobigerina) apertura by Kennett and Srinivasan (1983); it was recombined as Zeaglobigerina apertura by Shipboard Scientific Party (1997); it was recombined as Globoturborotalita apertura by Lam and Leckie (2020).
It was recombined as Globigerina (Zeaglobigerina) apertura by Kennett and Srinivasan (1983); it was recombined as Zeaglobigerina apertura by Shipboard Scientific Party (1997); it was recombined as Globoturborotalita apertura by Lam and Leckie (2020).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1918 | Globigerina apertura Cushman p. 57 figs. Plate 12, Figs. 8a-c |
| 1983 | Globigerina (Zeaglobigerina) apertura Kennett and Srinivasan p. 44 |
| 1997 | Zeaglobigerina apertura Shipboard Scientific Party |
| 2020 | Globoturborotalita apertura Lam and Leckie |
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†Globoturborotalita apertura Cushman 1918
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. A. Cushman 1918 | Test spiral, depressed, all the chambers visible from the dorsal side, the four chambers making the last-formed coil visible from the ventral side, chambers rapidly increasing in size; aperture very large, semicircular, opening into the central umbilical cavity. Diameter 0.50 millimeter. | |
| J. P. Kennett and M. S. Srinivasan 1983 | Test low trochospiral, chambers spherical to subspherical, increasing uniformly in size as added, four chambers in the final whorl; sutures distinct, slightly curved, depressed, surface cancellate with distinct pores and pore pits, separated by interpore ridges. Aperture umbilical, very large, semi-circular with a distinct apertural rim. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (859 total)