Hirsutospirellidae

Hirsutospirellidae
Temporal range: Late Triassic (Norian)
Hirsutospirella pilosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Tubothalamea
Order: †Involutinida
Family: †Hirsutospirellidae
Zaninetti, et al 1985

The Hirsutospirellidae, established for the Late Triassic genus Hirsutospirella, are a family of Foraminifera within the Involutinida that produced calcareous tests with a proloculus followed by an undivided trochospirally enrolled tubular second chamber, in which the spiral side has prominent spinelike protrusions and umbilical side has a shallow umbilical filling.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hirsutospirellidae Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Loeblich & Tappan, 1988 in GSI e-book


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