Pseudospirocyclina
Pseudospirocyclina is a genus of large planispirally coiled aggulinated benthic forams with a complex interior known from the upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Portugal and Morocco.[1]
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| Genus: | Pseudospirocyclina Hottinger, 1967 |
As a foram, Pseudospirocyclina is, biologically, a granuloreticulose Sarcodina,[2] a retariate rhizarian, there for a protozoan. As a member of the Spirocyclinidae it is related to genera like Spirocyclina, Sornayina ,and Spiraloconulus[1]
References
- "Pseudospirocyclina in GSI Paleontology". Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
- A.R.Loeblich & H.Tappan 1964. Sarcodina, Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C, Protista 2
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