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]
| Saccarena Temporal range:
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| Saccarena from the Ural Mountains. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Tubothalamea |
| Order: | Ammodiscida |
| Family: | Hippocrepinidae |
| Genus: | †Saccarena |
| Species: | †S. bitubulifera
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| Binomial name | |
| †Saccarena bitubulifera Chernykh (1969)
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References edit
- ^ Kaminski MA (2014). "The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera". Micropaleontology. 60 (1). The Micropaleontology Project., Inc.: 89–108.
- ^ Chernykh (1969). "Saccarena". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
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