Cyclammina is a genus of foraminifers in the family Cyclamminidae. Most species are extinct, but there are a few that are extant.
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Genus: | Cyclammina Brady, 1876[1]
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C. elegans was a species from the Cretaceous of Trinidad[2] and from New Zealand.[3]
See also
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edit- ^ A Monograph of Carboniferous and Permian Foraminifera:(the Genus Fusulina Excepted). HB Brady, 1876
- ^ Upper Cretaceous Foraminifera from Trinidad. Joseph Augustine Cushman, PW Jarvis Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1932.
- ^ Hayward, B.W.; Tendal, O.S.; Carter, R.; Grenfell, H.R.; Morgans, H.E.G.; Scott, G.H.; Strong, C.P.; Hayward, J.J. (2012). Phylum Foraminifera: foraminifera, xenophyophores, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pages 242-287
- Beck, R. Stanley (1943); "Eocene Foraminifera from Cowlitz River, Lewis County, Washington" Journal of Paleontology 17'(6), pages 584-614
External links
edit- Data related to Cyclammina at Wikispecies
- "Cyclammina". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- "Cyclammina". Paleobiology Database.
- Cyclammina at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)