Pseudospirocyclina

Pseudospirocyclina
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Rotaliata
Order: Textulariida
Family: Spirocyclinidae
Genus: Pseudospirocyclina
Hottinger, 1967

Pseudospirocyclina is a large planispirally coiled aggulinated benthic foram with a complex interior known from the upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Portugal and Morocco.[1]

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

  1. 1 2 Pseudospirocyclina in GSI Paleontology
  2. A.R.Loeblich & H.Tappan 1964. Sarcodina, Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C, Protista 2
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