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An emendation of some Cretaceous species of "Reophax" (Foraminiferida) from northwest Europe and Poland

Abstract

The classification of some deep-water agglutinated foraminifera identified as Reophax minuta Tappan, 1940 is revised based upon examination of type material. Lower Cretaceous specimens formerly placed in Reophax minuta from northwest Europe and the Polish Carpathians in actuality belong in Pseudonodosinella troyeri (Tappan, 1960). Upper Cretaceous forms formerly referred to R. minuta are now placed in Pseudonodosinella parvula (Huss, 1966). A neotype for Pseudonodosinella parvula is designated herein

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