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Profusulinella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Fusulinina
    Superfamily:  
Fusulinacea
    Family:  
Fusulinidae
    Subfamily:  
Fusulininae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Profusulinella Rauzer-Chernousova & Belfaev in Rauzer-Chervolsova, Belyaey & Reytlinger, 1936, *1507, p. 175, 220
    Type Species:  
P. pararhomboides, OD


Images

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Fig. 310,1. P. aljutovica Rauzer-Chernousova, Vereia Horizon, USSR(Samara Bend, Volga River): 1a,b, axial secs. of paratype and holotype, X30 (*1501), 1 c, part of axial sec. showing structure of spirotheca, X100, 1 d, thin section of limestone containing several sections of P. aljutovica associated with forms of Pseudostaffella and Millevella (not shown), depth of 515.9-518.65 meters, well no. 402, Samara Bend, USSR, X20 (*1922).-Fig. 310.2. *P. pararhomboides, Moscov.. USSR(N. Urals) : axial sec. of holotype, X50 (*1922). (see also Fig, 294,7). --Fig. 310,4. P. deeora THOMPSON), USA(W.Tex., Powwow Canyon); part of axial sec. of paratype showing structure of spirotheca, XI00 (*1922). [See also Fig. 280,1.]


Synonyms

Aljutowella


Geographic Distribution

U.Carb.(M.Penn.), N. Am.-S. Am. (Peru)-USSR-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 fusiform or ellipsoidal, early volutions asymmetrical in some, symmetrical throughout in most, spirotheca composed of tectum with upper and lower tectoria, septa fluted in polar regions (*1501, *1507, *1922).




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