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Pennsylvanian endothyroid foraminifera from the Appalachian Basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

R. D. Hoare  and
M. T. Sturgeon
R. D. Hoare
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
M. T. Sturgeon
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens 45701
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Abstract

Endothyroid foraminifers are common in most marine Pennsylvanian units in the Appalachian Basin. The genera Planoendothyra Reitlinger, 1959, and Endothyranella Galloway and Harlton, 1930, are the dominant taxa. Scarce Endothyra Phillips, 1846, are restricted below the Desmoinesian. The greatest change in stratigraphic distribution of taxa occurs at the Atokan-Desmoinesian boundary.

Sixteen taxa are recognized. Five new species are proposed, including Planoendothyra orbiculata, P.? associata, Endothyranella kentuckyensis, E. inflata, and E. intermissa. Most taxa are assigned previously described American species using a cf. designation. Description and thin section illustration provide a basis for nomenclatural acceptance of these taxa.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , May 1998 , pp. 405 - 418
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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