Proxifrons inaequalis (Costa, 1855)

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 : 29

Proxifrons inaequalis (Costa)

Figures 10.21, 10.22

1857 Frondicularia inaequalis Costa, p. 372, pl. 3, fig. 3.

1866 Frondicularia foliacea Schwager , p. 236, pl. 6, fig. 76.

1938 Frondicularia foliacea Schwager — Asano (a), p. 118, pl. 28, fig. 16.

1964 Plectofrondicularia foliacea (Schwager) — LeRoy, p. F29, pl. 11, fig. 18.

2002 Prolixifrons inaequalis (Costa) — Hayward, p. 300, pl. 2, figs. 4—9.

Remarks. All specimens are broken due to their thin wall.

Occurrence. Rare in the Yonahama and Minebari formations.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Family Nodosariidae, Stilostomellidae, and Vaginulinidae. All scale bars = 0.1mm, unless otherwise indicated. 1, 2. Grigelis orectus Loeblich and Tappan, 1: MPC-26294, 2: MPC-26295, both from sample 3-2-low-silt (Onogoshi Formation, PL1). 3, 4. Laevidentalina advena (Cushman), 3: MPC-26334 from sample 5 (Minebari F., PL5); 4: MPC-26335 from sample MK02A-2 (Minebari F., PL5). 5. Laevidentalina antarctica (Parr), MPC-26336 from sample 8 (Yonahama F., PL4). 6, 7. Laevidentalina ariena (Patterson and Pettis), 6: MPC-26337 from sample 3-2-low-silt (Onogoshi F., PL1); 7: MPC-26338 from sample 11 (Onogoshi F.,?PL1). 8. Laevidentalina bradyensis (Dervieux), MPC- 26339 from sample 1 (Minebari F., PL5); 8.3 magnified view of aperture. 9, 10. Laevidentalina subemaciata (Parr), 9: MPC-26340 from sample 3 (Onogoshi F., PL1); 10: MPC-26341 from sample 3-2-low-silt (Onogoshi F., PL1); 10.4 magnified aperture oblique-view. 11. Laevidentalina sp.A, MPC-26342 from sample 6 (Yonahama F., PL2). 12. Mucronina hasta (Parker, Jones, and Brady), MPC-26379 from sample 8-2 (Yonahama F., PL4). 13, 14. Neugeborina longiscata (d'Orbigny), 13: MPC-26547 from sample 6-2 (Yonahama F., PL2); 14: MPC-26391 from sample MK02B (Minebari F., PL5). 15—18. Pseudonodosaria discreta (Reuss), 15: MPC-26434 from sample 2-2 (Minebari F., PL5); 16: MPC-26435 from sample MK01 (Yonahama F., PL2); 17: MPC-26436 from sample 2-2 (Minebari F., PL5); 18: MPC-26437 from sample MK02A (Minebari F., PL5); 15 and 16 megalospheric forms, 17 and 18 microspheric forms. 19, 20. Parafrondicularia helenae (Chapman), 19: MPC-26418 from sample 3-2-low-silt (Onogoshi F., PL1); 20: MPC- 26419 from sample MK01 (Yonahama F., PL2). 21, 22. Proxifrons inaequalis (Costa), 21: MPC-26428 from sample 3- 2-up-sand (Onogoshi F., PL1); 22: MPC-26429 from sample 6 (Yonahama F., PL2). 23, 24. Lenticulina aculeata (d'Orbigny), 23: MPC-26350 from sample 10 (Onogoshi F., PL1); 24: MPC-26351 from sample 18 (Oura F.,?PL1).