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[[File:Fig 49.jpg|thumb|<font size="2">'''Fig. 1.''' Equitant chambers in ''Frondicularia'' sp. from the Prerif, Northwestern Morocco, Lower Miocene. Transmitted light micrograph of section in the sagittal plane of a microspheric specimen. Note the denticulate margin of the single, stellar foramen in terminal position '''(f)''' and the extremely fine perforation of the septal wall that is characteristic of most nodosariids; (Hottinger, 2006; fig. 49)[http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html] '''CC'''/BY-NC-SA)]]
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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''EQUITANT''' - (in German "reitende" Kammer); uniserial arrangement of chevron-shaped chambers, more or less embracing the flanks of the preceeding ones, as in ''Flabellina''. Foraminiferal chambers of this type, usually with a single, terminal aperture, are commonly two-dimensional, as in ''Flabellinella'', rarely three-dimentional, as in the Permian ''Colaniella''. Biological significane unclear.



==See also==
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==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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