Astrorhizana Temporal range:
Cambrian - Recent
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Astrorhiza limicola | |
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Subclass: | Astrorhizana Saidova, 1981
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Astrorhizana are a subclass of foraminifera characterized by simple tests composed of agglutinated material that can be irregular, spheroidal, or tubular and straight, branching or enrolled. Tests are non septate and consist of a single chamber following the proloculus. These are the Ammodiscacea of the Textulariina in the Treatise Part C, (Loeblich & Tappan 1964) that range from the Cambrian to Recent.
Four orders are included, the Astrorhizida, Dendrofryida, Hippocrepinida, and Saccamminida.
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