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Globigerinoides tenellus
Taxonomy
Globigerinoides tenella was named by Parker (1958). It is not a trace fossil.
It was corrected as Globigerinoides tenellus by Kennett and Srinivasan (1983), Ragaini et al. (2007); it was recombined as Globoturborotalita tenella by Aze et al. (2011).
It was corrected as Globigerinoides tenellus by Kennett and Srinivasan (1983), Ragaini et al. (2007); it was recombined as Globoturborotalita tenella by Aze et al. (2011).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1958 | Globigerinoides tenella Parker |
| 1983 | Globigerinoides tenellus Kennett and Srinivasan p. 80 |
| 2007 | Globigerinoides tenellus Ragaini et al. p. 233 |
| 2011 | Globoturborotalita tenella Aze et al. |
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†Globigerinoides tenellus Parker 1958
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. L. Parker 1958 | Test small for the genus, ratio of width to length ca. 6: 7; chambers rather rapidly increasing in size as added, four in the final whorl, rounded in outline; sutures depressed; wall roughened by dense, short spines; ventral aperture large, almost circular in outline, dorsal aperture small, narrow, at inner inner side of the final chamber, the earlier dorsal apertures in most cases apparently filled by shell material. Maximum diameter ea. 0.36 mm |
Measurements
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