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Fantus exiguus
Original description: Test wide, short, moderate in size, lobated distally Cephalis broad, dome-shaped, slightly nodosed, sparsely perforated and covered with layer of microgranular silica. Thorax and subsequent chambers consisting of square to rectangular pore frames setting with circular to elliptical pores. Pore frames medium in size, slightly increasing in width distally but with final post-abdominal chamber decreasing in width.
Original remarks:Fantus exiguus n. sp. can be distinguished from other Fantus spp. in this report by having a short, wide, and lobated test.
Etimology: Exiguus-a-um (Latin, adj.) short.
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Fantus exiguus Yeh p. 62 figs. Pl. 28, figs. 19, 21 |
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| Reference: Kiessling 1999 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Toarcian | USA (Oregon) | Fantus exiguus (type locality: 124334) |