Geinitzinidae Temporal range: Late Devonian - Late Permian |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | SAR |
(unranked): | Rhizaria |
Phylum: | Retaria |
Class: | Foraminifera |
Order: | Fusulinida |
Superfamily: | Geinitzinacea |
Family: |
Geinitzinidae Bozorgnia 1973 |
Genera | |
The Geinitzinidae is an extinct family of Foraminifera from the late Paleozoic (U Dev. - U Perm) included in the Fusulinida that comprises genera characterized by unserial tests (chambers arranged in a single row, or line, in which walls are double layered. The outer layer is of light colored hyaline (glassy) radial calcite. The inner layer is a dark, secreted, microgranular calcite.