Set number: 2833

  • Braarudosphaera psevditurbinea 6732 1
  • Braarudosphaera psevditurbinea 6733 2
  • Braarudosphaera psevditurbinea 6735 3
  • Braarudosphaera psevditurbinea 6734 4
    10µm
Eukaryota psevditurbinea, Late Aptian, Arabian Peninsula (The specific location cannot be disclosed)

Set number: 2818

  • Braarudosphaera psevditurbinea 1016 1
  • Braarudosphaera psevditurbinea1017 2
    10µm
Eukaryota psevditurbinea, Middle Albian, Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Final Epithet
Eukaryota psevditurbinea Varol, in prep.
Basionym

Braarudosphaera psevditurbinea Varol, in prep.

Diagnosis

Rounded species of Braarudosphaera have segments that overlap each other in a counterclockwise direction. The sutures between the segments are inclined clockwise.

Etymology

From the Greek psevdis, meaning ‘false’, referring to the difference from Braarudosphaera turbinea

Optical Properties

In the plan view, this species shows length-slow (+) elongation.

Remarks

Braarudosphaera psevditurbinea differs from Braarudosphaera turbinea in the counterclockwise imbrication of its segments, whereas in the latter, the segments imbricate clockwise.