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Drulanta pulchra
Original description: Test as with genus, conical, elongate, with as many as ten post-abdominal chambers. Cephalis large, hemispherical, usually with short rudimentary horn. Thorax and subsequent chambers trapezoidal in outline, increasing gradually in width as added with final postabdominal chamber slightly decreasing in width. Cephalis and thorax imperforate,covered with layered of microgranular silica. Abdomen and all post-abdominal chambers with relatively massive costae fused between each row of pore frames. About eight to ten costae visible laterally. Pore frames square to rectangualr in outline, increasing in size distally.
Etymology: Pulcher-ra-rum (Latin, adj.) beautiful
Year | Name and author |
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1987 | Drulanta pulchra Yeh p. 73 figs. Pl. 4, figs. 15, 18, 20, 23 |
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Reference: Kiessling 1999 |
Age range: Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pliensbachian | USA (Oregon) | Drulanta pulchra (type locality: 124323 124324 124325) |