Loftusiida

Description: English: Orbitolina texana (Roemer). Fossil shell of a foramanifera from the Glen Rose Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Comal County, Texas. Date: 8 March 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Ecphora.

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 Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 159, Figs. 5-7: L. Cretaceous (L. Barremian), Northeast Azerbaijan. Spiral, umbilical and edge views of holotype showing low crescentic chambers and radial beams, x 142 (redrawn from Poroshina, 1976). courtesy of Michael Hesemann https://foraminifera.eu

 Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 146, Figs. 1-4: U. Cretaceous (U. Maastrichtian), Lviv area, Ukraine. 1, 2, Face view and side view of large specimen with multiple areal aperture, x 48; 3, 4, face and side view of juvenile with single basal aperture, x 48 (from Voloshina, 1972). courtesy of Michael Hesemann https://foraminifera.eu

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 186, Figs. 1-6: L. Cretaceous (M. Barremian), France. 1, 4, Tangential sections, x 39; 2, 5, 6, horizontal sections, x 39; 3, vertical axial section of holotype, x 39 (from Schroeder, Conrad, and Charollais, 1968).

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 104, Figs. 1-8: L. Cretaceous. 1-3,7, 8, L. Barremian, Turkmenistan. 4-6, Aptian, central Afghanistan. 1, Holotype, equatorial section, x 20; 2, 3, opposite sides of exterior of large specimen, x 1; 4, 5, axial section of holotype of Pseudochoffatella gigantica Kaever, x 14, and centrat part, enlarged, x 45; 6, tangential section in the axial plane showing alveolar wall, x 50; 7, equatorial section, x 11; 8, axial section showing large proloculus, x 18 (1-3, 7, 8, from Mamontova, 1966; 4-6, from Kaever, 1967).

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 115, Figs. 1-7: U. Paleocene (Thanetian), E. Turkey. 1, Slightly oblique subaxial section, x 26; 2, 3, slightly oblique equatorial section of microspheric holotype, central part enlarged, x 66, and entire specimen, x 33; 4, centered oblique section, x 28; 5, axial section of paratype, x 37; 6, strongly inclined oblique section tangential to external surface, showing beams, secondary beams, rafters, and alveolar subepidermal network, x 24; 7, structural diagram showing apertures (a), beams (b), alveoles of subepidermal mesh (m), rafters (r), septa (s), and secondary beams (sb), enlarged (from Sirel and Gündüz, 1985).

Whittaker, J. E.; Jones, R. W.; Banner, F. T. (1998). Key Mesozoic Benthic Foraminifera of the Middle East. The Natural History Museum of London. 1-236. Pl. 47, figs 1-3 Cyclorbitopsella tibetica Cherchi, Schroeder & Zhang, 1984. 1, IPC no. M/8258 1-4, near-axial section, x25. 2, IPC no. M/8258 1-4, fragment of equatorial section of megalospheric form, x45. 3, IPC no. M/8258 1-4, tangential transverse section, x45. All from slides labelled Orbitopsella praecursor (Gümbel). All from the Orbitopsella Limestone (Musandam Group), Wadi Milaha, Liassic, Musandam Peninsula, United Arab Emirates.

Whittaker, J. E.; Jones, R. W.; Banner, F. T. (1998). Key Mesozoic Benthic Foraminifera of the Middle East. The Natural History Museum of London. 1-236. Pl. 104, Figs 1-9 Trochamijiella gollesstanehi Athersuch, Banner & Simmons, 1992. 1, IPC no. M/8146, longitudinal section, x85. 2, Holotype, BMNH no. P52652, near-equatorial section, showing the last whorl of the initial trochospire followed by the median part of the rectilinear chambers and finally, by their more peripheral parts with the radial partitions, x60. 3, Paratype, BMNH no. P 52652, longitudinal section, x30. 4, Paratype, BMNH no. P 52653, transverse section, x95. 5, Paratype, BMNH no. P 52656, longitudinal section, x70. 6, Paratype, BMNH no. P 52652, transverse section, x45. 7, Paratype, BMNH no. P 52653, longitudinal section, x65. 8, Paratype, BMNH no. P 52652, longitudinal section, x40. 9, Paratype, BMNH no. P 52652, off-centred axial section showing initial trochospire (for close-up seePl. 105, fig 3), x40. Fig. 1 from Musandam Limestone, Wadi Milaha, Bajocian/Bathonian, United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial Oman). Figs 2-8 from Umm Shaif Oilfield, Uweinat Formation, late Bajocian-Bathonian, Offshore Abu Dhabi. Fig. 9 from Zakum Oilfield, Uweinat Formation, late Bajocian-Bathonian, Offshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Whittaker, J. E.; Jones, R. W.; Banner, F. T. (1998). Key Mesozoic Benthic Foraminifera of the Middle East. The Natural History Museum of London. 1-236. Pl. 103, Figs 1-16 Socotraina serpentina Banner, Whittaker, BouDagher-Fadel & Samuel, 1997. 1, Holotype, BMNH no. PF 53883, longitudinal section of microspheric form, x45. 2, Paratype, BMNH no. PF 53889, longitudinal section of microspheric form, x40. 3, Paratype, BMNH no. PF 53891, longitudinal section of microspheric form, x55. 4, Paratype, BMNH no. PF 53892, longitudinal section of part of megalospheric form, x40. 5, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116 (BMNH no. PF 53902), longitudinal section of megalospheric form, x75. 6, Paratype, IPC no. M/8122 (BMNH no. PF 53899), longitudinal section of megalospheric form, x75. 7, Paratype, IPC no. M/8122 (BMNH no. PF 53900), longitudinal section of megalospheric form, x75. 8, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116 (BMNH no. PF 53903), longitudinal section of megalospheric form, x75. 9, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116, off-centred longitudinal section of ?megalospheric form, x75. 10, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116, tangential section, x75. 11, Paratype, IPC no. M/8122 (BMNH no. PF 53901), transverse section of ?microspheric form, x75. 12, Paratype, IPC no. M/8134, longitudinal section of megalospheric form, x75. 13, Paratype, IPC no. M/8144 (BMNH no. PF 53898), longitudinal section of microspheric form, x75. 14, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116, transverse section of ?megalospheric form, x75. 15, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116, transverse section of ?megalospheric form, x75. 16, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116, transverse section of ?megalospheric form, x75. Figs 1-4 from sample SOC/93/84, Ras Momi, Liassic (Toarcian), Socotra, Yemen. Figs 5-16 from the Orbitopsella Limestone, Musandam Group, Liassic (Toarcian), Wadi Milaha, United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial Oman).

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 160, Figs. 1-7: U. Cretaceous, Lerida Prov., Spain (1-3, 5, L. Santonian; 6, 7, U. Santonian). 1, 3, Spiral sides showing strongly overlapping crescentic chambers and oblique sutures, x 50; 2, umbilical side showing slightly curved, nearly radial sutures, x 50; 4, 5, shallow horizontal section showing many radial beams but only rare connecting rafters, as in the lower left side of the figure, but without the prominent reticulate meshwork of Dictyopsella, entire section, x 85, and half of section enlarged, x 100; 6, deep horizontal section of pyrite-filled specimen showing many elongate thin radial beams, x 100; 7, deep horizontal section showing four orders of radial beams, shorter ones intercalated between Ionger ones, and with rare cross partitions or rafters at the extreme right side of the figure (1-3, 5-7, from Loeblich and Tappan, 1985).

 Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 79, Figs. 4-8: U. Jurassic (Oxfordian), Uzbekistan. 4, Axial section showing sharp change in plane of coiling from early to later whorls, x 94; 5-7, opposite sides and face view of holotype showing small areal aperture, x 94; 8, horizontal section, x 90 (from Kurbatov, 1971). courtesy of Michael Hesemann https://foraminifera.eu

Holotype in axial section

Paratype in equatorial section

 Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 80, Figs. 8-10: Jurassic (L. Callovian), Uzbekistan. 8, 9, Side and edge views of holotype; 10, horizontal section; all x 100 (from Kurbatov, 1972). courtesy of Michael Hesemann https://foraminifera.eu

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 116, Figs. 1-7: M. Jurassic (Dogger), Sardinia, Italy. 1, Lateral view of megalospheric paratype, x 50; 2, equatorial section of megalospheric test, x 50; 3, transverse section of megalospheric test, x 70; 4, lateral view of megalospheric holotype, x 27; 5, 7, axial and subaxial sections, x 50; 6, axial section of microspheric test, x 20 (from Bassoulet et al., 1974).

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 105, Figs. 5-7: L. Cretaceous (U. Barremian), Spain. 5, Subequatorial section of megalospheric holotype showing agglutinated wall with pellets, x 55; 6, exterior of flattened specimen showing a tendency to branch, x 50; 7, compressed form with enrolled early stage and later stage of two uncoiled chambers, x 50 (from Brun and Canérot, 1979).

5a-c, Holotype, IPC no. M/3851 (BMNH no. P 35869), side, apertural and oblique-apertural views, x85. From Wadi Amij, Government Water Well at 570-573' depth, Muhaiwir Formation, Bajocian, western Iraq. From: John Whittaker, Bob Wynn Jones and Fred Banner, 1998. Key Mesozoic Benthic Foraminifera of the Middle East.

1, Paratype, IPC no. M/3857 (BMNH no. P 35868), transverse section, x170. 2, Paratype, IPC no. M/3848 (BMNH no. P 35870), transverse section, x150. 3, Topotype, BMNH no. P 52579, longitudinal section, sectioned for and figured by Hottinger (1967, pl. 8, fig. 20), x165. All from Wadi Amij, Government Water Well (depth 570- 573'), Muhaiwir Formation, Bajocian, western Iraq. From: John Whittaker, Bob Wynn Jones and Fred Banner, 1998. Key Mesozoic Benthic Foraminifera of the Middle East.

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 101, Figs. 3-7: U. Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), Portugal. 3, 4, Equatorial sections of megalospheric tests, x 27; 5-7, opposite sides and top view of exterior, x 27 (from Maync, 1959).

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 108, Figs. 1-6: L. Cretaceous (Bedoulian), France. 1, 2, Side and edge views in SEM; 3, longitudinal section showing biserial later stage; 4, transverse equatorial section of holotype showing early coil and later biserial stage; 5, 6, edge and side views of elongate individual; all x 50 (from Arnaud-Vanneau, 1980).

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 147, Figs. 4-8: U. Cretaceous (Senonian). 4-6, France, opposite sides and apertural view (P. Marie Collection No. 6051, Paris), x 39; 7, 8, England, edge and apertural views of young individual, x 50.

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 146, Figs. 5-10: L. Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian), Baleares, Spain. 5, 6, Longitudinal sections showing agglutinated septa (fig. 5) and partial septa, perhaps originally partly organic (fig. 6); 8, transverse section showing remnants of septa and suggesting a triserial arrangement; 7, 9, 10, base, top, and side views of holotype, orientation here interpreted as with trochospiral coiling and slightly inflated chambers; all figures approximately x 20 (from Rangheard and Colom, 1967).

Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification.  Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 145, Figs. 15-18: L. Cretaceous (U. Albian), England. 15, 18, Longitudinal section, entire specimen, x 25, and part of section enlarged, x 100, to show agglutinated and noncanaliculate wall; 16, 17, side views, x 42 (lS, 18, new figures; 16, 17, from Frieg and Price, 1982).