Foraminifera - Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Full reference: C. H. Stevens and P. Stone. 2007. The Pennsylvanian-Early Permian Bird Spring carbonate shelf, southeastern California: fusulinid biostratigraphy, paleogeographic evolution, and tectonic implications. Geological Society of America Special Paper 429:1-82
Belongs to Cuniculinella according to C. H. Stevens and P. Stone 2007
Sister taxa: Cuniculinella acuta, Cuniculinella ampla, Cuniculinella calx, Cuniculinella extensa, Cuniculinella fusiformis, Cuniculinella munda, Cuniculinella partoazari, Cuniculinella parva, Cuniculinella snyderi, Cuniculinella solita, Cuniculinella tumida, Cuniculinella ventricosa
Type specimen: USNM 531309, a test. Its type locality is S-1852, Old Dad Mountain, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Bird Spring Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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