The Journal of Foraminiferal Research; January 2000; v. 30; no. 1;
p. 71-76; DOI: 10.2113/0300071
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THE EVOLUTION OF LEPIDOCYCLINA (L.) ISOLEPIDINOIDES, L. (NEPHROLEPIDINA) NEPHROLEPIDINOIDES SP. NOV., L. (N.) BROUWERI AND L. (N.) FERREROI IN THE LATE OLIGOCENEMIOCENE OF THE FAR EAST
Marcelle K. Boudagher-Fadel and
Alan R. Lord
Postgraduate Unit of Micropalaeontology, Department of Geological Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
Material from Borneo and Sumatra show that there is a morphological evolution from Lepidocyclina (Lepidocyclina) isolepidinoides van der Vlerk, 1929, to L. (Nephrolepidina) nephrolepidinoides sp. nov., L. (N.) brouweri Rutten, 1924 and L. (N.) ferreroi Provale, 1909. The lineage demonstrates one of the evolutionary progressions from Lepidocyclina (Lepidocyclina) to Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) for the Far East region.
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