TY - JOUR
T1 - Lepinoconus chiocchinii gen. n., sp. n., a conical agglutinated foraminifera from the upper cretaceous of Italy
AU - Cruz-Abad, Erzika
AU - Consorti, Lorenzo
AU - Caus, Esmeralda
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - A new conical agglutinated foraminifer, Lepinoconus chiocchinii gen. n., sp. n. from the lower Campanian shallow-water platform deposits of the Lepini Mountains (central Apennines, Italy), is described. It has a pseudo-keriothecal wall structure, uniserial arrangement of the adult chambers and multiple apertures. The exoskeleton is constituted by beams (main and intercalary) continuous from one chamber to the next, while the endoskeleton bears pillars. The new taxon is included in the Coskinolinidae family. Lepinoconus chiocchinii gen. n., sp. n. is known from southern Italy, Greece and Albania.
AB - A new conical agglutinated foraminifer, Lepinoconus chiocchinii gen. n., sp. n. from the lower Campanian shallow-water platform deposits of the Lepini Mountains (central Apennines, Italy), is described. It has a pseudo-keriothecal wall structure, uniserial arrangement of the adult chambers and multiple apertures. The exoskeleton is constituted by beams (main and intercalary) continuous from one chamber to the next, while the endoskeleton bears pillars. The new taxon is included in the Coskinolinidae family. Lepinoconus chiocchinii gen. n., sp. n. is known from southern Italy, Greece and Albania.
KW - Central Italy
KW - Coskinolinoidea
KW - Larger benthic foraminifera
KW - Late Cretaceous
KW - Systematics
M3 - Article
SN - 0035-6883
VL - 123
SP - 347
EP - 354
JO - Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
JF - Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
IS - 2
ER -