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[[File:Fig 66.jpg|thumb|<font size="2">'''Fig. 1.''' Septal and chomatal "pores" in ''Triticites plummeri'', Graham Fm., Texas, Permian. Transmitted light micrographs. '''A:''' subaxial section; '''B:''' details in equatorial section. Both pore-like features have nothing in common with true pores. Septal pores are tiny multiple foramina. The nature of chomatal pores, a wall texture particular to fusulinids, is not understood at present. '''c:''' [[choma]]; '''c*p:''' chomatal "pores"; '''kth:''' [[keriotheka]]; '''sp:''' septal "pores". '''t:''' [[tunnel]]; '''te:''' [[tectum]]; (Hottinger, 2006; fig. 66 [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html] '''CC'''/BY-NC-SA)]]
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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''CHOMATAL PORES''' - porelike texture of chomata in higher fusulinids as continuation of pore-like textural elements in the [[keriotheca]] or [[parakeriotheca]] below the tectum of the previous [[whorl]].
  





==See also==
* [[keriotheca]]
* [[parakeriotheca]]
* [[whorl]]
==References==
Hottinger (2006), [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research]. [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html Carnets de Géologie], [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html Memoir 2], ISSN 1634-0744                                 



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