Saccarena

Saccarena Temporal range: Ludlow PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Saccarena from the Ural Mountains.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Monothalamea
Order:	Astrorhizida
Family:	Hippocrepinidae
Genus:	† Saccarena
Species:	†S. bitubulifera
Binomial name
†Saccarena bitubulifera Chernykh (1969)

Saccarena is a monotypic fossil genus of agglutinated benthic foraminifera described in 1969, belonging to the subfamily Saccorhizinae. ^[1] It contains the sole species Saccarena bitubulifera. ^[2] Its chronostratigraphic range is the Ludlovian, during the Upper Silurian. ^[3]

References

1. Kaminski MA (2014). "The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera". Micropaleontology. 60 (1). The Micropaleontology Project., Inc.: 89–108.
2. Chernykh (1969). "Saccarena". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 7 October 2022.
3. Loeblich, Alfred R.; Tappan, Helen (1988). Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification (1st ed.). New York: Springer New York. doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-5760-3. ISBN   978-1-4899-5760-3.