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Hormosinacea

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Hormosinacea
Temporal range: M Ordovician - Recent.
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Hormosinacea

Haeckel, 1894
Families
Aschemocellidae
Cribratinidae
Dusenburyinidae
Haplophragmoididae
Hormosinidae
Telamminidae
Thomasinellidae

The Hormosinacea is a superfamily of aggltinated foraminifera in the Textulariida, with a range that extends from the Middle Ordovician, that unites seven families (as indicated) characterized by multilocular tests, (more than one chamber after the proloculus), in a uniserial arrangement.

References

  • Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan, 1964. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C Protista 2. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
  • Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan,1988. Forminiferal Genera and their Classification. E-book Hormosinacea