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Fusulinella

Fusulinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Fusulinella Moeller
1927Fusulina (Fusulinella) Cushman p. 27
1984Fusulinella Loeblich and Tappan
1996Fusulinella Davydov p. 229
1999Fusulinella Davydov and Krainer p. 176
2002Fusulinella Sepkoski
2009Fusulinella Okuyucu p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
familyFusulinidaeMoeller 1878
subfamilyFusulinellinaeStaff and Wedekind 1910
genusFusulinellaMoeller 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.

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2026-03-24 16:11:43
Modified: 2026-03-24 16:11:43
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Ueno 2022, Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Sakmarian or 358.86000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) F. sp. (112171 112178)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Nevada) F. fugax, F. acuminata (12785)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Fusulinella indet. (9762 9858)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9Canada (British Columbia) F. jamensis (216542) F. jamesensis (216548) F. jamesensis, F. sp. (216546) F. sp. (216543 216550 216554 216555 216556)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Ohio) F. serotina (217458)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9Canada (Nunavut) F. zelleri (216408)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Ohio) F. iowensis (217451 217452 217453 217454 217455) F. serotina (217456 217457) F. sp. (217459)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8Mexico (Sonora) F. llanoensis (76169)
Atokan - Desmoinesian318.6 - 306.0USA (Kentucky) F. iowensis (217272) F. stouti (217270)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China (Zhejiang) F. bocki (228409)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Austria F. rara (129486 129487)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China F. pseudobocki, F. helenae, F. soligalichi (206265 206348) F. sp. (191876)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Greenland F. paraschubertellinoides, F. bocki (132075) F. timanica, F. bocki (132069) F. vozhgalensis (132074)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) F. concinna, F. remissa (129875 129876) F. devexa (129703) F. fugafilia (129721) F. juncea (129865 129871 129902) F. paradevexa (129723 129724) F. salutatia (129870) F. sp. A (129722 129726) F. sp. A, F. fugafilia (129867) F. sp. A, F. fugafilia, F. juncea (129866) F. stricta (129704 129873) F. texana (129874 129901) F. thompsoni (129872) F. thompsoni, F. texana, F. nanothompsoni, F. remissa (129877 129900)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) F. sp. (76946)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Türkiye F. colaniae (129385 129388) F. sp. B, F. sp. A, F. pseudobocki (129366)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen F. bocki, F. helenae (115511) F. eopulchra (212496 212498) F. eopulchra, F. bocki (215957) F. mosquensis, F. bocki (129641) F. sp., F. bocki (129642) F. sp., F. bocki, F. helenae (129646) F. usvae (215958)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Iran F. bockiformis (128883)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Arctic Ocean F. eopulchra (129093)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Tajikistan F. sp. (131054)
Vereian - Kashirian314.8 - 311.46Mexico (Sonora) F. accuminata (39190) F. clarki, F. searighti (39192)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.46Ukraine F. schubertelloides (216036)
Kashirian - Podolskian313.8 - 308.9Canada (Nunavut) F. sp. (76940)
Kashirian - Podolskian313.8 - 308.9Japan F. biconica (167796)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Illinois) F. stouti (217274)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) F. sp. (184098)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) F. carmani (71990)
Desmoinesian - Carboniferous312.8 - 298.9USA (Utah) F. sp. (13364)
Podolskian311.46 - 308.9Canada (Nunavut) F. devexa (76935) F. subelliptica (76964)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4Mexico (Sonora) F. llanoensis, F. thompsoni (76170)
Myachkovian308.9 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) F. eopulchra (76936)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Greenland F. bocki (132164) F. pseudobocki (132169)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen F. bocki, F. helenae (129647)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guizhou) F. sp. (76758)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Greenland F. pseudobocki (132170)
Gzhelian - Sakmarian303.7 - 290.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen F. usvae (212500)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen F. usvae (215960)