Loeblichella
Genus of single-celled organisms
Loeblichella Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | SAR |
Phylum: | Foraminifera |
Class: | Globothalamea |
Order: | Rotaliida |
Suborder: | Globigerinina |
Superfamily: | Globotruncanoidea |
Family: | Globotruncanidae |
Genus: | Loeblichella Pessagno, 1967 |
Species | |
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Loeblichella is a genus of foraminifera belonging to the family Globotruncanidae of the superfamily Globotruncanoidea and the suborder Globigerinina.[1] Its type species is Loeblichella hessi. The genus was named and first described by Pessagno in 1967.[2] Its fossil range is the Late Cretaceous Period.
Species
The genus Loeblichella contains four species:[1]
- Loeblichella carteri
- Loeblichella coarctata
- Loeblichella convexa
- Loeblichella hessi
References
- ^ a b Loeblichella, World Foraminifera Database, accessed 27 November 2018
- ^ Pessagno, E.A.Jr. (1967). Upper Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from the western Gulf Coastal Plain. Palaeontographica Americana, 5(37): 245-445.