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Quasifusulina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Fusulinina
    Superfamily:  
Fusulinacea
    Family:  
Fusulinidae
    Subfamily:  
Fusulininae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Quasifusulina CHEX, 1934, *332, p. 91
    Type Species:  
Fusulina longissima von MÖLLER, 1878, *1295, p. 59, OD


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Fig. 279,2. *Q. longissima (von Möller), U.Carb. (C3 ), USSR(Tsarev Kurgan), axial sec. of holotype, X10.5 (*1922)


Synonyms

Epitusulina


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-Asia-Can.(B.C.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Carb.(U.Penn.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Kasimovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
307.02
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Kungurian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
274.37


Description

Shell elongate, irregularly subcylindrical, wall composed of tectum and diaphanotheca, septa intensely fluted throughout length, axial fillings heavy, cuniculi possibly present in some forms (*332).




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