Parathuramminidae

Section of Irregularina karlensis, from Loeblich & Tappan (1964).

Belongs within: Fusulinida.

The Parathuramminidae are a group of globular Foraminifera known from the Devonian to the Lower Carboniferous, often with distinctive tubular projections.

Characters (from Loeblich & Tappan 1964a): Globular chamber or cluster of chambers; aperture absent or multiple, at ends of tubular projections.

<==Parathuramminidae [Archaesphaeridae]
    |--Petchorina Reytlinger in Varsanofeva & Reytlinger 1962 LT64b
    |    `--*P. schezhimovensis Reytlinger in Varsanofeva & Reytlinger 1962 LT64b
    |--Bisphaera Birina 1948 LT64a
    |    `--*B. malevkensis Birina 1948 LT64a
    |--Cribrosphaeroides Reytlinger in Rauzer-Chernousova & Fursenko 1959 (see below for synonymy) LT64a
    |    `--*C. simplex (Reytlinger 1954) [=*Cribrosphaera simplex] LT64a
    |--Quasituberitina Poyarkov in Purkin, Poyarkov & Rozhanets 1961 LT64a
    |    `--*Q. magna Poyarkov in Purkin, Poyarkov & Rozhanets 1961 LT64a
    |--Rauserina Antropov 1950 LT64a
    |    `--*R. notata Antropov 1950 LT64a
    |--Uralinella Bykova 1952 LT64a
    |    |--*U. bicamerata Bykova 1952 LT64a
    |    `--U. ostaschlovichensis Manukalova-Grebeniuk 1974 M98
    |--Palachemonella Beckmann 1953 LT64a
    |    `--*P. torleyi Beckmann 1953 LT64a
    |--Uslonia Antropov 1959 LT64a
    |    `--*U. permira Antropov 1959 LT64a
    |--Parathurammina Suleymanov 1945 [incl. Salpingothurammina Poyarkov in Purkin, Poyarkov & Rozhanets 1961] LT64a
    |    |--*P. dagmarae Suleymanov 1945 LT64a
    |    |--P. gekkeri E03
    |    `--P. tuberculata Lipina 1950 [=Thurammina (*Salpingothurammina) tuberculata] LT64a
    |--Archaesphaera Suleymanov 1945 [incl. Vicinesphaera Antropov 1950] LT64a
    |    |--*A. minima Suleymanov 1945 LT64a
    |    |--A. magna ZP86
    |    `--A. squalida (Antropov 1950) [=*Vicinesphaera squalida] LT64a
    `--Irregularina Bykova in Bykova & Polenova 1955 (see below for synonymy) LT64a
         |--*I. karlensis Vissarionova 1950 LT64a
         |--I. cardiformis LT64a
         |--I. mopha [=I. morpha] LT64a
         `--I. nodosa (Antropov 1950) [=*Corbis nodosus, *Corbiella nodosa] LT64a

Cribrosphaeroides Reytlinger in Rauzer-Chernousova & Fursenko 1959 [=Cribrosphaera Reytlinger 1954 non Popofsky 1906, Cribrosphaerella Pronina 1960, Cribsophaeroides (l. c.)] LT64a

Irregularina Bykova in Bykova & Polenova 1955 [incl. Corbiella Antropov in Rauzer-Chernousova & Fursenko 1959, Corbis Antropov 1950 non Cuvier 1817] LT64a

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[E03] Edgell, H. S. 2003. Upper Devonian Charophyta of Western Australia. Micropaleontology 49 (4): 359–374.

[LT64a] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1964a. Sarcodina: chiefly “thecamoebians” and Foraminiferida. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt C. Protista 2 vol. 1. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press.

[LT64b] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1964b. Sarcodina: chiefly “thecamoebians” and Foraminiferida. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt C. Protista 2 vol. 2. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press.

[M98] Mamet, B. 1998. A Late Devonian microfossil with dasyclad algae affinities from northwestern Australia. Alcheringa 22 (1): 21–28.

[ZP86] Zhang, R., & J. Pojeta Jr. 1986. New bivalves from the Datang Stage, Lower Carboniferous, Guangdong Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 60 (3): 669–679.