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Fusulina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Fusulinina
    Superfamily:  
Fusulinacea
    Family:  
Fusulinidae
    Subfamily:  
Fusulininae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Fusulina Fischer de WALDHEIN, 1829, *720.A, p. 330
    Type Species:  
F. cylindrica Fischer de WALDHEINI, 1837, *720B, p. 126; SD MEEK & HAYDEN:, 1865, °1252, p. 13]


Images

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Fig. 306,1. F. girtyi (DUNBAR & CONDRA, M.Penn. (Brereton Ls.), USA (III.); axial sec., X10 (*1922). --Fig. 306.2. F. spoo M. Penn.(Garcia F.), tang. sec., X10 (*1922). --Fig. 306.3. F. minima SCHELLWIEN (=Hemifusulina bocki VON MOLLER, USSR (Tver); axial sec. of holotype, X15 (*1922). --Fig. 306,4. F. donbassica (PUTRYA), Moscov., USSR(Donets Basin); axial sec. of syntype, X12 (*1491). --Fig. 306,5. *F. cylindrica FISCHER DE Moscov. (Myachkovo Ls.), USSR(Myachkovo Quarry); 5a,b, axial sees. of topotypes, X 15, X20; 5c, part of sagittal sec. of topotype, X 100 (*1922) (see also Fig. 280,3). --Fig. 306,7. F. mysticensis THOMPSON, M.Penn. (Worland Ls.), USA (Iowa); axial sec. of syntype, X10 (*1922) (see also Fig. 294, 9). --Fig. 306,7. F. prima (SOLOVIEVA), Moscov. (Kachir Horizon), USSR (Noura-Taou); axial sec. of holotype, X35 (*1812). --Fig. 328A,2. F. triangttla RAUZER- CHERNOUSOVA & BELYAEV, Moscov. (Podolsk Horizon), USSR(Skar-Yu River, Sib.); axial sec. of holotype, X 10 (*1507). [See also Fig. 274,2. F. girtyi; 280,2; 294,10.]


Synonyms

Hemifusulina


Geographic Distribution

N.Am.(USA-Can.-Greenl.)-S.Am. (Peru - Brazil - Chile) - Asia (China Japan) USSR- Eu.(Spain).


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.(U.Penn.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Gzhelian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
298.89


Description

Shell fusiform to subcylindrical, planispiral in all volutions; spirotheca of tectum and diaphanotheca with upper and lower tectoria; septa fluted throughout but more intense and higher near polar ends. axial filling in late forms; chomata massive to weak (*762. *1294. *1491. *1812, *1832, *1917, *2083).




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