Palaeonummulites Schubert, 1908

Torres-Silva, Ana. I., Eder, Wolfgang, Hohenegger, Johann & Briguglio, Antonino, 2018, Morphometric analysis of Eocene nummulitids in western and central Cuba: taxonomy, biostratigraphy and evolutionary trends, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17 (7), pp. 557-595 : 580

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/14772019.2018.1446462
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883499
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scientific name	Palaeonummulites Schubert, 1908
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Genus Palaeonummulites Schubert, 1908 View in CoL

Type species. Nummulina pristina Brady, 1874 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Planispiral, involute, semicompressed to globular; exhibits a tightly to moderately tightly coiled spiral that induces relatively few whorls. Chambers up to twice as high as wide, separated by primary operculine septa. Filaments can be present. The marginal cord is moderately well developed.

Characters and attributes (means and standard deviations) for Palaeoummulites and comparison to Nummulites and Operculinoides are given in Table 4 View Table 4 .

Range. Late Paleocene to Recent.