Pseudospirocyclina

Pseudospirocyclina
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Loftusiida
Family: †Spirocyclinidae
Genus: †Pseudospirocyclina
Hottinger, 1967

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

As Foraminifera, Pseudospirocyclina are biologically, granuloreticulose Sarcodina,[2] retariate rhizarian, there for a protozoan. As a member of the Spirocyclinidae the genus is related to genera like Spirocyclina, Sornayina, and Spiraloconulus[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pseudospirocyclina in GSI Paleontology". Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  2. ↑ A.R. Loeblich & H. Tappan 1964. Sarcodina, Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C, Protista 2
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