- (/fəˌræməˈnɪfərə/ fə-RAM-ə-NIH-fə-rə;
Latin for "hole bearers";
informally called "
forams") are single-celled organisms,
members of a
phylum or
class of Rhizarian...
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Saudia is a
genus of
large discoidal to
reniform (kidney shaped)
forams, with a
relatively thick test and
complex interior,
composed of
agglutinated matter...
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Sorites is a
genus of
benthic Foraminifera, in the
family Soritidae,
order Miliolida. Its type
species is
Nautilus orbiculus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)...
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Fissurina is a
genus of
unilocular (single chambered)
calcareous forams,
similar in
general form to Lagena, but
included in the
nodosariacean family Ellipsolagenidae...
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Vania is a
genus of
benthic forams from the
upper Paleocene of
Turkey with a
large discoidal test up to 6.5mm in diameter. The
microspheric test begins...
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Kalosha is a
genus of
foraminifera included in the
miliolid family Spiroloculinidae. Its test is small,
ovate in outline, only up to 0.2 mm in the greatest...
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Clavulina is a
genus of
aggulinated benthic foraminiferans with an
elongate test. The
early stage is
triserial and
triangular in section, the
later stage...
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Clavulinopsis is a
genus of
foraminifera from the
Upper Cretaceous of the
United States (Texas, Arkansas),
included in the Textulariida. The type species...
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Cuneus is a
genus of
foraminifera in the
Rotaliida found in
Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) to
Paleocene marine sediments throughout the
boreal regions. The...
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Fabiania is a
genus of
large fossil benthic calcareous forams with a
range extending from the
Upper Paleocene to the
Upper Eocene. The test,
which is up...
