Endothyranopsinae

Globoendothyra baileyi, copyright Herb and Michael.

Belongs within: Fusulinida.

The Endothyranopsinae are a group of planispiral forams known from the Lower Carboniferous (Loeblich & Tappan 1964).

Characters (from Loeblich & Tappan 1964): Test planispiral, involute, not compressed, distinctly septate; wall a single layer of thick granular calcite with some adventitious material, perforate; aperture simple, basal.

<==Endothyranopsinae LT64
    |--Endothyranopsis Cummings 1955 LT64
    |    |--*E. crassa (Brady in Moore 1870) [=Involutina crassa] LT64
    |    `--E. compressus R79
    |--Chernyshinella Lipina 1955 [incl. Granuliferella Zeller 1957] LT64
    |    |--*C. glomiformis (Lipina 1948) [=Endothyra glomiformis] LT64
    |    `--C. granulosa (Zeller 1957) [=*Granuliferella granulosa] LT64
    `--Globoendothyra Reytlinger in Rauzer-Chernousova & Fursenko 1959 LT64
         |--*G. pseudoglobulus Reytlinger in Rauzer-Chernousova & Fursenko 1959 [=Endothyranopsis pseudoglobulus] LT64
         |--G. baileyi CM01
         |--G. globulus R79
         `--G. tomiliensis R79

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[CM01] Cózar, P., & B. L. Mamet. 2001. Planohowchinia (Lasiodiscidae, Foraminiferida), a new Late Viséan genus, southwestern Spain. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 31 (3): 228–232.

[LT64] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1964. 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.

[R79] Ross, C. A. 1979. Carboniferous. In: Robison, R. A., & C. Teichert (eds) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt A. Introduction. Fossilisation (Taphonomy), Biogeography and Biostratigraphy pp. A254–A290. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas: Lawrence (Kansas).