Foraminifera - Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Full reference: B. F. Shumard. 1858. Notice of new fossils from the Permian strata of New Mexico and Texas, collected by Dr. George G. Shumard, geologist of the United States Government expedition for obtaining water by means of artesian wells along the 32nd parallel, under the direction of Capt John Pope, US Corps Topographic Engineers. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 1:290-297
Belongs to Fusulina according to B. F. Shumard 1858
Sister taxa: Fusulina cylindrica, Fusulina donbassica, Fusulina granumavenae, Fusulina montipara, Fusulina verneuili
Type specimen: Its type locality is White limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (6: Alaska, Texas collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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