Gaudryina sp. A

Hanagata, S & Nobuhara, T, 2015, Illustrated guide to Pliocene foraminifera from Miyakojima, Ryukyu Island Arc, with comments on biostratigraph, Palaeontologia Electronica (Cambridge, England) 33 (8), pp. 1-142 : 16

Gaudryina sp. A

Figures 6.15, 6.16

Diagnosis. Small for the genus, probably juvenile specimens, characterized by finely agglutinated and smooth surface of test, chambers not inflated, sutures flush, angled periphery.

Remarks. We could not assign this form to any species. It is tentatively distinguished as “sp. A.”

Occurrence. Rare to common in the Onogoshi and Yonahama formations.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Family Hormosinidae, Ammosphaeroidinidae, Spiroplectamminidae, Duquepsamminidae, Verneuilinidae, and Eggerellidae. All scale bars = 0.1mm, unless otherwise indicated in 2.1, 23.1, 26.1 as 1mm-line. 1, 2. Rhabdammina sp., 1: MPC-26061, 2: MPC-26062, both from sample 7 (Yonahama Formation, PL4), broken specimens. 3. Hormosinella distans (Brady), MPC-26051, from sample 15 (Yonahama F., PL3), depressed specimen. 4. Reophax sp., MPC-26060, from sample 7 (Yonahama F., PL4). 5, 6. Ammosphaeroidina sphaeroidiniformis (Brady); 5: MPC-26033 from sample 6 (Yonahama F., PL2); 6: MPC-26034, from sample 6-2 (Yonahama F., PL2). 7, 8. Spiroplectinella wrightii (Silvestri), 7: MPC-26065 from sample 6-2 (Yonahama F., PL2); 8: MPC-26066 from sample MK02A-2 (Minebari F., PL5). 9, 10. Duquepsammia bulbosa (Cushman), 9: MPC-26041 from sample 8 (Yonahama F., PL4), 10: MPC-26042 from sample 15 (Yonahama F., PL3). 11, 12. Trochammina sp., 11: MPC-26077, laterally depressed specimen, 12: MPC26078, vertically depressed specimen, both from sample 7 (Yonahama F., PL4). 13, 14. Gaudryina arenaria Galloway and Wissler, 13: MPC-26045 from sample 6-2 (Yonahama F., PL2); 14: MPC26046 from sample 17 (Yonahama F., PL2). 15, 16. Gaudryina sp.A., 15: MPC-26047 from sample 3-2-low-silt (Onogoshi F., PL1); 16: MPC-26048 from sample 11 (Onogoshi F.,?PL1). 17, 18. Gaydryinella cf. japonica Asano, 17 MPC-26049, 18 MPC- 26050, both from sample 18 (Oura F.,?PL1). 19, 20. Eggerella bradyi (Cushman), 19: MPC-26043 from sample 14-2 (Yonahama F., PL4); 20: MPC-26044 from sample 15 (Yonahama F., PL3). 21, 22. Karreriella bradyi (Cushman), 21: MPC-26052 from sample 2 (Minebari F., PL5); 22: MPC-26053 from sample MK02A (Minebari F., PL5). 23, 24. Martinottiella communis (d'Orbigny), 23: MPC-26054 from sample 3 (Onogoshi F., PL1); 24: MPC-26055 from sample 3- 2-low-silt (Onogoshi F., PL1). 25, 26. Martinottiella victorensis (Cushman), 25: MPC-26056 from sample 6-2 (Yonahama F., PL2); 26: MPC-26057 from sample 16 (Yonahama F., PL3).