MILIOLIDAE - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

MILIOLIDAE ,FROM ,MIOCENE OF POLAND 73
Remarks. - This species differs from Articulina problema Bogdanowich
and from A. sarmatica (Karrer) in having distinct, broad bands, not
wrinkles, on the surface.
Distribution. - Poland: Lower Sarmatian (Grzyb6w). USSR: Lower
Sarmatian, the western Kuban region and Taman peninsula.
Articulina tenella (Eichwald, 1853)
(PI. XVII, Fig. 14)
1853. Nodosaria teneHa Eichwald; E. Eichwald, PI. 1, Fig. 5; fide Catalogue Ellis &
Messina.
1952. Articulina tenella (Eichwald); A. K. Bogdanowich, p. 198, PI. 29, Fig. 10.
1956. Articulina teneHa (Eichwald); A. Sulimski, p. 88, PI. 4, Fig. 3.
Material. - 3 specimens (CoIl. No. F-123)
Dimensions: Initial part L 0.10-0.25; uniserial part L 0.35-0.65.
Descriptions. - Initial part slender, with tubular chambers in triloculine
arrangement, ornamented with 2-3 longitudinal costae; uniserial part
with tubular chambers, usually somewhat inflected, about 4-5 times as
long as broad; surface ornamented with 5-6 longitudinal, low ribs; wall
smooth; aperture circular, without tooth, surrounded with distinctive
everted rim.
Distribution. - Poland: Upper Tortonian (Ligota Zabrska); Lower
Sarmatian (Suchowola, Wielog6ra). USSR: Miocene, Volhyn, West Ukraine.
Genus Cyclojorina Luczkowska, 1972
X Cyclojorina badenensis (d'Orbigny, 1846)
(pI. XI, Fig. 5; Text-fig. 25)
1846. Quinqueloculina badenensis d'Orbigny, p. 299, PI. 20, Figs 10-12.
1881. Quinqueloculina rakosiensis Franzenau; J. Franzenau, p. 98, PI. 3, Figs 7-9.
1952. Miliolina badenensis (d'Orbigny); A. K. Bogdanowich, p. 107, 108.
1955. Miliolina badenensis (d'Orbigny):, M. J. Serova, p. 303, PI. 1, Figs 1-3.
1969. Quinqueloculina badenensis d'Orbigny; J. Korecz-Laky, p. 148, PI. 12, Fig. 10.
Material. - 60 specimens (ColI. No. F-124, Sec. No. 173)
Dimensions: L 0.71-1.10, B 0.50-0.85, T 0.33-0.65.
Description. - Test large, robust, regular, broadly oval in shape and
narrowing at both ends, periphery angular, in cross-section trapezoid;
chambers of uniform width, with slightly inflated walls and two blunt
carinae on the periphery placed not far apart, middle chamber large,
projecting, with one edge along the chamber; sutures flat, distinct; surface
matt; wall thick; aperture small, circular, flush with the periphery, with
a short, bifid tooth.
Variability. A constant character of the species is the compact, robust
test and small circular aperture. The shape of the test may sometimes
be more elongated and the carinae more rounded. The specimens from