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Polydiexodina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Fusulinina
Superfamily:
Fusulinacea
Family:
Fusulinidae
Subfamily:
Schwagerininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Polydiexodina Dunbar & SKINNER, 1931, *644, p. 263
Type Species:
P. capitanensis, OD
Images
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Fig. 319,2a,b. P. afghanensis
THOMPSON, Bamian Ls., Afghan.; 2a, tang. sec. of paratype showing numerous auxiliary tunnels, X10; 2b, enlarged part of axial sec. showing structure of spirotheca, X 100 (*1922) (see also Fig. 285,1a). --Fig. 319,2c. *P. capitanensis, Capitan Ls., USA (Tex.) ; axial sec. of holotype, X 10 (*1922) (see also Fig. 285,lb).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
USA(Tex.-N.Mex.)-Mex.-Eu.(Greece-Turkey-Yugo. Crimea) -Asia (Afghan.-Iran-Iraq-India)- USSR(Darvaz)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Wuchiapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
259.55
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Shell highly elongate-subcylindrical, spirothecal structure as in Parafusulina, cuniculi throughout shell, multiple tunnels, axial fillings heavy (*644, *1921).
References
$\qquad$ \& Skinner, J. W., 1931, New fusulinid genera from the Permian of West Texas: Am. Jour. Sci., ser. 5, v. 22, p. 252-268, pl. 1-3.-(645) 1936, Schwagerina versus Pseudoschwagerina and Paraschwagerina: Jour. Paleontology, v. 10, p. 83-91, pl. 10-11. $\qquad$ (646) 1937, Pt. 2, Permian Fusulinidae of Texas: Univ. Texas, Bull. 3701, v. 3, p. 517. 825, pl. 42-81, fig. 89-97.
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:
Polydiexodina Dunbar & SKINNER, 1931, *644, p. 263
Type Species:
P. capitanensis, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 319,2a,b. P. afghanensis
THOMPSON, Bamian Ls., Afghan.; 2a, tang. sec. of paratype showing numerous auxiliary tunnels, X10; 2b, enlarged part of axial sec. showing structure of spirotheca, X 100 (*1922) (see also Fig. 285,1a). --Fig. 319,2c. *P. capitanensis, Capitan Ls., USA (Tex.) ; axial sec. of holotype, X 10 (*1922) (see also Fig. 285,lb).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
USA(Tex.-N.Mex.)-Mex.-Eu.(Greece-Turkey-Yugo. Crimea) -Asia (Afghan.-Iran-Iraq-India)- USSR(Darvaz)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Wuchiapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
259.55
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Shell highly elongate-subcylindrical, spirothecal structure as in Parafusulina, cuniculi throughout shell, multiple tunnels, axial fillings heavy (*644, *1921).
References
$\qquad$ \& Skinner, J. W., 1931, New fusulinid genera from the Permian of West Texas: Am. Jour. Sci., ser. 5, v. 22, p. 252-268, pl. 1-3.-(645) 1936, Schwagerina versus Pseudoschwagerina and Paraschwagerina: Jour. Paleontology, v. 10, p. 83-91, pl. 10-11. $\qquad$ (646) 1937, Pt. 2, Permian Fusulinidae of Texas: Univ. Texas, Bull. 3701, v. 3, p. 517. 825, pl. 42-81, fig. 89-97.