Foraminifera - Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Full reference: C. O. Dunbar. 1953. A giant Permian fusuline from Sonora. Permian fauna at El Antimonio, western Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(2):14-19
Belongs to Parafusulina according to C. O. Dunbar 1953
Sister taxa: Parafusulina (Parafusulina), Parafusulina bakeri, Parafusulina boesei, Parafusulina californica, Parafusulina cerrogordoensis, Parafusulina complexa, Parafusulina fountaini, Parafusulina fusoidea, Parafusulina gifuensis, Parafusulina guatemalaensis, Parafusulina halli, Parafusulina japonica, Parafusulina juncea, Parafusulina kaerimizensis, Parafusulina kingorum, Parafusulina kinosakii, Parafusulina klamathensis, Parafusulina kummeli, Parafusulina lata, Parafusulina lineata, Parafusulina maleyi, Parafusulina mccloudensis, Parafusulina multiseptata, Parafusulina nakamigawai, Parafusulina nosonensis, Parafusulina owensensis, Parafusulina parakinosakii, Parafusulina peruana, Parafusulina potterensis, Parafusulina rothi, Parafusulina sangobensis, Parafusulina sapperi, Parafusulina sellardsi, Parafusulina shimotsukensis, Parafusulina splendens, Parafusulina sullivanensis, Parafusulina tochigiensis, Parafusulina tomeganensis, Parafusulina tomowoozawai, Parafusulina ubehebensis, Parafusulina virga, Parafusulina wordensis, Parafusulina yabei, Parafusulina yoshiakiozawai
Type specimen: USNM 123301, a test. Its type locality is USNM806j, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in the Antimonio Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at USNM806j, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora
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