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Paraschwagerina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Fusulinacea
Family:
Fusulinidae
Subfamily:
Schwagerininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paraschwagerina Dunbar & SKINNER, 1936, *645, p. 89
Type Species:
Schwagerina gigantea White, 1932, *2056, p. 82: OD
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Fig. 318,2. *P. gigantea (White), Wolfcamp. F., USA(Tex.), 2a, axial sec. of holotype, X10 (*1922), 2b, tang. sec., X10 (*1926) (see also Fig. 284,2).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-C.Am.-Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Kungurian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
274.37
Description
Shell inflated, fusiform, first 2 or 3 volutions tightly coiled and elongate-fusiform, outer volutions distinctly inflated-fusiform, spirothecal structure as in Schwagerina, septa highly fluted throughout (*645, *1926).
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Fusulinacea
Family:
Fusulinidae
Subfamily:
Schwagerininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paraschwagerina Dunbar & SKINNER, 1936, *645, p. 89
Type Species:
Schwagerina gigantea White, 1932, *2056, p. 82: OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 318,2. *P. gigantea (White), Wolfcamp. F., USA(Tex.), 2a, axial sec. of holotype, X10 (*1922), 2b, tang. sec., X10 (*1926) (see also Fig. 284,2).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-C.Am.-Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Kungurian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
274.37
Description
Shell inflated, fusiform, first 2 or 3 volutions tightly coiled and elongate-fusiform, outer volutions distinctly inflated-fusiform, spirothecal structure as in Schwagerina, septa highly fluted throughout (*645, *1926).