Subphylum

Foraminifera d’Orbigny, 1826

Foraminiferans

Selection of related publications

McIlroy, D., Brasier, M. D. 2017. Ichnological evidence for the Cambrian explosion in the Ediacaran to Cambrian succession of Tanafjord, Finnmark, northern Norway. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 448, 1, 351-368. DOI:10.1144/SP448.7

Winchester-Seeto, T., McIlroy, D. 2006. Lower Cambrian melanosclerites and foraminiferal linings from the Lontova Formation, St. Petersburg, Russia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 139, 1-4, 71-79. DOI:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.07.012

McIlroy, D., Green, O. R., Brasier, M. D. 2001. Palaeobiology and evolution of the earliest agglutinated Foraminifera: Platysolenites, Spirosolenites and related forms. Lethaia 34, 1, 13-29. DOI:10.1080/002411601300068170

Zhigulina, M. S. 1999. A New Species of Foraminifera Luekatiella estonica from the Lower Cambrian of Estonia. Paleontologicheski Zhurnal 5, 23-26.

Lipps, J. H. 1992. Proterozoic and Cambrian Skeletonized Protists. The Proterozoic Biosphere. A Multidisciplinary Study, pp. 237-241.

Posti, E. 1978. New finds of platysolenitids and gastropods from the Lontova Stage of Estonia. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised. Geoloogia / Известия Академии наук Эстонской ССР. Геология 27, 3, 103-107. DOI:10.3176/geol.1978.3.04

Mens, K. A., Pirrus, E. A. 1977. Stratotypes of the Cambrian Formations of Estonia. pp. 1-68. Valgus.

Jankauskas, T., Posti, E. 1973. Micropaleontological characteristic of the stratotype sections of the Estonian Lower Cambrian. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised. Keemia, Geoloogia / Известия Академии наук Эстонской ССР. Химия. Геология 22, 2, 143-148. DOI:10.3176/chem.geol.1973.2.08

Korkutis, V. A. 1966. Tubicolous Worms of the Lower Cambrian of the South of the East Baltic territory. Palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Baltic and the Byelorussia. Number I (VI), pp. 7-29. Mintis.

Yanichevsky, M. 1926. Sur les restes des Tubicola de l'argile Cambrien. Ežegodnik Vsesoûznogo Paleontologičeskogo Obŝestva IV. 1922-1, 99-112.

Öpik, A. 1926. Über den estländischen Blauen Ton. Tartu Ülikooli juures oleva Loodusuurijate Seltsi Aruanded 33, 1, 39-47.

Eichwald, E. 1860. Lethaea Rossica ou Paléontologie de la Russie. Premier volume. Ancienne Période en deux sections. pp. XIX+1–1657. E. Schweizerbart. DOI:10.5962/bhl.title.52391

List of species

1. Ammolagena silurica Eisenack, 1954

2. Amphitremoida citroniforma Eisеnасk, 1937

3. Archaeochitina gotlandica Eisenack, 1954

4. Archaeochitina hyalina Eisenack, 1954

5. Blastammina fenestrata Eisenack, 1954

6. Blastammina polyedra Eisеnасk, 1932

7. Blastammina polymorpha Eisenack, 1932

8. Hyperammina baltica Eisenack, 1954

9. Hyperammina harrisi Ireland, 1939

10. Luekatiella estonica Zhigulina, 1999 | Lükati Formation

11. Ordovicina monostoma Eisеnасk, 1954 | Ordovician

12. Ordovicina oligostoma Eisеnасk, 1938

13. Platysolenites antiquissimus Eichwald, 1860 | Lontova Stage

14. Platysolenites cooperi McIllroy, Green et Brasier, 2001

15. Platysolenites lontova Öpik, 1926 | Lower Cambrian (old nomenclature)

16. Platysolenites spiralis Posti, 1978 | Lower Cambrian (old nomenclature)

17. Psammosphaera cava Moreman, 1930

18. Psammosphaera rugosa Eisenack, 1954

19. Pseudoastrorhiza silurica Eisenack, 1932

20. Sorosphaera geometrica Eisenack, 1954

Classification

Organism group	Biota
	Protista
	Rhizaria
Phylum	Retaria
Subphylum	Foraminifera
Suborder	Rotaliina
	Textulariina
Genus	Ammolagena
	Amphitremoida
	Archaeochitina
	Astrorhiza
	Blastammina
	Hyperammina
	Luekatiella
	Ordovicina
	Psammosphaera
	Pseudoastrorhiza
	Sorosphaera
	Stegnammina
	Thurammina