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Fusulinidae

Fusulinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Fusulinidae Moeller
1927Fusulinidae Cushman p. 27
1982Fusulinidae Zhang p. 152
1984Fusulinidae Loeblich and Tappan
1996Fusulinidae Davydov p. 229
2002Fusulinidae Forke p. 224
2007Fusulinidae Ueno p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
familyFusulinidaeMoeller 1878
familyFusulinidaeMoeller 1878

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Fusulinidae Moeller 1878
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Subfm. †Beedeininae Solovieva 1996
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G. †Beedeina
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Beedeina aculeata Wilde 2006
Beedeina buglensis Wilde 2006
Beedeina communis Wilde 2006
Beedeina consobrina Safonova 1951
Beedeina distenta Roth and Skinner 1930
Beedeina diversa Wilde 2006
Beedeina exilis Wilde 2006
Beedeina ferusa Wilde 2006
Beedeina inflata Wilde 2006
Beedeina leei Skinner 1931
Beedeina multicava Wilde 2006
Beedeina nytvica Safonova 1951
Beedeina paradistenta Safonova 1951
Beedeina pseudoacme Wilde 2006
Beedeina ridgensis Wilde 2006
Beedeina samarica Rauser-Chernousova and Belyaev 1940
Beedeina schellwieni Staff 1912
Beedeina siviniensis Rauser 1951
Beedeina subferusa Wilde 2006
Beedeina ulitinensis Rauser-Chernousova 1951
Subfm. †Eofusulininae Rauser and Rosovskaja 1959
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G. †Verella
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Verella fusiformis Ivanova 2000
Subfm. †Fusulinellinae Staff and Wedekind 1910
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G. †Anulofusulinella Wilde 2006
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Anulofusulinella palma Wilde 2006
Anulofusulinella prima Wilde 2006
G. †Fusulinella Moeller 1878
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Subg. †Fusulinella (Fusulinella) Moeller 1878
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Fusulinella carmani Thompson 1936
Fusulinella concinna Wilde 2006
Fusulinella devexa Thompson 1948
Fusulinella eopulchra Rauser-Chernousova 1951
Fusulinella fugafilia Thompson 1948
Fusulinella helenae Safonova 1951
Fusulinella immanis Wilde 2006
Fusulinella iowensis Thompson 1936
Fusulinella iowensis stouti Thompson 1936
Fusulinella juncea Thompson 1948
Fusulinella paradevexa Wilde 2006
Fusulinella peruana Meyer 1914
Fusulinella rara Shlykova 1948
Fusulinella remissa Wilde 2006
Fusulinella salutatia Wilde 2006
Fusulinella serotina Thompson 1936
Fusulinella soligalichi Dalmatskaya 1961
Fusulinella stricta Wilde 2006
Fusulinella texana Wilde and Skinner 1954
Fusulinella thompsoni Wilde and Skinner 1954
G. †Kanmeraia Ozawa 1967
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Kanmeraia kottlowskii Stewart 1968
G. †Praeobsoletes Remizova 1993
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Praeobsoletes burkemensis Volozhanina 1962
Praeobsoletes curtus Volozhanina 1962
Praeobsoletes pauper Volozhanina 1962
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Protriticites globulus Putrya 1948
Protriticites lamellosus Kireeva 1950
Protriticites ovatus Putrya 1948
Protriticites ovoides Putrya 1940
Protriticites rotundatus Grozdilova 1966
Protriticites semikhatovae Grozdilova 1966
Protriticites sphaericus Volozhanina 1962
Protriticites tokerae Okuyucu 2009
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Pseudofusulinella aculeata Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella acuminata Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella acuta Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella alta Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella antiqua Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella bellula Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella biconica Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella decora Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella delicata Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella dunbari Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella formosa Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella fragilis Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella fusiformis Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella harbaughi Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella jeffordsi Skinner and Wilde 1966
Pseudofusulinella meeki Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella montis Thompson and Wheeler 1946
Pseudofusulinella moorei Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella munda Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella nitida Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella obtusa Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella occidentalis Thompson and Wheeler 1946
Pseudofusulinella opima Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella parvula Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella pinguis Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella prima Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella proba Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella pulchella Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella pusilla Skinner and Wilde 1966
Pseudofusulinella retusa Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella rotunda Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella sera Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella simplex Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella solida Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella solita Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella spicata Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella splendens Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella thompsoni Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella tumida Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella utahensis Thompson and Bissell 1954
Pseudofusulinella ventricosa Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella venusta Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulinella wheeleri Skinner and Wilde 1965
G. †Zellerella Wilde 2006
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Zellerella ducta Wilde 2006
Zellerella forticula Wilde 2006
Zellerella fusiformis Wilde 2006
Zellerella perditia Wilde 2006
Subfm. †Fusulininae von Moller 1878
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G. †Bartramella Verville et al. 1956
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Bartramella mediocris Wilde 2006
Bartramella vervillei Wilde 2006
G. †Fusulina Schellwien 1898
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Fusulina cylindrica Fischer 1837
Fusulina donbassica Putrya 1948
Fusulina elongata Shumard 1858
Fusulina granumavenae Roemer 1880
Fusulina montipara Kobayashi and Altiner 2008
Fusulina secalica Morningstar 1922
Fusulina verneuili Staff 1912
G. †Quasifusulinoides Rauser-Chernousova 1959
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Quasifusulinoides fallax Chernova 1954
Quasifusulinoides intermedius Rauser and Gryzlova 1951
Quasifusulinoides quasifusulinoides Rauser-Chernousova 1951
Subfm. †Quasifusulininae Putrya 1956
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G. †Quasifusulina Chen 1934
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Quasifusulina akbeitica Getman and Dzhenchuraeva 2007
Quasifusulina cayeuxi Deprat 1913
Quasifusulina eleganta Shlykova 1948
Quasifusulina guvenci Okuyucu 2010
Quasifusulina karawanensis Miklukho-Maklay 1949
Quasifusulina kaspiensis Shcherbovich 1969
Quasifusulina kodzhagulica Getman and Dzhenchuraeva 2007
Quasifusulina longissima von Möller 1878
Quasifusulina nimia Kochansky-Devidé 1959
Quasifusulina pseudoelongata Miklukho-Maclay 1949
Quasifusulina ptchanica Getman and Dzhenchuraeva 2007
Quasifusulina tenuissima Schellwien 1898
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 09:17:40
Modified: 2007-11-25 11:17:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Mississippian to the top of the Capitanian or 330.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (784 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Fusulina sp. (112177) Fusulinella sp. (112171 112178)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Fusulinella indet. (9762 9858)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Nevada) Fusulinella fugax, Fusulinella acuminata (12785)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Fusulina sp. (112181)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Verella fusiformis (128228)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Alaska) Fusulina longissima (112188)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Fusulina longissima (111914)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9Canada (Nunavut) Fusulina huntensis, Fusulinella zelleri (216408)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Fusulina leei (217273) Fusulina serotina, Fusulina leei (217275)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Utah) Fusulina rockymontana (217689) Fusulina sp. A (217709)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Japan Fusulinidae indet. (200258) Quasifusulina tenuissima (129077)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Croatia (Lika) Quasifusulina nimia (218846)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Austria Quasifusulina tenuissima (129294 129296)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Türkiye Quasifusulina paracompacta (201389)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Fusulinidae indet. (43497)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan Quasifusulina magnifica (130089)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Kansas) Fusulinidae indet. (11303 11492 11497 11501 11508 11509 11510 11511 11512 11536 11540 11541 11542 11543 11544 11547 11551 11552 11558 11559 11561 11562 11563 11564 11565 11566 11567 11569 11570 11571 11572 11583 11585 11590 11592 11594 11607 11613 11614 11616 11617 11618 11619 11620 11621 11622 11623 11625 11626 11627 11629 11630 11631 11632 11639 11641 11644 11656 11657 11665 11666 11669 11671 11672 11675 11679 11680 11681 11683 11684 11685 11748 11750 11751 11753 11754 11756 11757 11759 11760 11761 11762 11763 11764 11765 11766 11767 11769 11770 11771 11772 11773 11775 11785 11795 11811 11812 11813 11823 11825 11828 11829 11832 11833 11841 11846 11848 11849 11858 11860 11862 11863 11864 11866 11868 11876 11877 11880 11881 11882 11883 11884 11885 11886 11887 11888 11889 11891 11921 11926 11933 11939 11940 11941 11948 11949 11950 11952 11953 11954 11955 11956 11959 11960 11987 11989 11991 11996 11997 12001 12002 12003 12022 12023 12024 12025 12026 12027 12028 12029 12034 12035 12037 12038 12042 12043 12046 12047 12050 12052 12064 12065 12066 12067 12069 12105 12106)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) Fusulina granumavenae (121984)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51USA (Texas) Fusulina elongata (133737)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Fusulina elongata (133736)