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Fusiella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Fusulinina
    Superfamily:  
Fusulinacea
    Family:  
Fusulinidae
    Subfamily:  
Schubertellinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Fusiella Lee & Chey, in Lee, Chen & CHU, 1930, *1121, p. 107
    Type Species:  
F. typica, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 303,1. *F. typica, Huanglung Ls., China(Lungtan), 1a, axial sec. of holotype, X30, 16, sagittal sec. of paratype, X30 (*1922).


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Geographic Distribution

N.Am.-USSR-Asia (China)-Japan


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U. Carb.(M. Penn.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Moscovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
315.15
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U. Carb.(M. Penn.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Moscovian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
307.02


Description

Shell small, elongate-fusiform, first 1 or 2 volutions discoidal, coiled at large angle to outer fusiform volutions, axial fillings distinct, spirotheca composed of tectum with upper and lower tectoria (*1121, *1922).




References

Lea, Isaac, , Chen, S., \& Chu, S., 1930, The Huanglung Limestone and its fauna: Natl. Research Inst. Geol., Mem., no. 9, p. 85-143, pl. 2-15.


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