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Paraschwagerina

Schwagerinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Paraschwagerina Leven p. 79
2002Paraschwagerina Forke p. 247
2002Paraschwagerina Sepkoski
2007Paraschwagerina Stevens and Stone
2008Paraschwagerina Kobayashi and Altiner p. 222

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
familySchwagerinidaeDunbar and Henbest 1930
genusParaschwagerina

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.

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Paraschwagerina acuminata Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Paraschwagerina crassitheca Skinner and Wilde 1965
Paraschwagerina elongata Skinner and Wilde 1965
Paraschwagerina fairbanksi Skinner and Wilde 1965
Paraschwagerina fax Thompson and Wheeler 1946
Paraschwagerina ischimbajica Rauser-Chernousova 1949
Paraschwagerina kansasensis Beede and Kniker 1924
Paraschwagerina kokpectensis Scherbovich 1969
Paraschwagerina magna Skinner and Wilde 1965
Paraschwagerina mukhamedjarovica Rauser-Chernousova 1949
Paraschwagerina needhami Thompson 1954
Paraschwagerina nitida Kahler and Kahler 1937
Paraschwagerina primaeva Rauser-Chernousova and Scherbovich 1949
Paraschwagerina pseudomira Miklukho-Maklay 1949
Paraschwagerina sarycumensis Shcherbovich 1969
Paraschwagerina shuleri Williams 1963
Paraschwagerina tarda Skinner and Wilde 1965
Paraschwagerina vlasovi Leven and Shcherbovich 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
test diameter23.772.485.734.112.29

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 21:11:43
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Ueno 2022

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Wolfcampian or 303.70000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Tajikistan P. primaeva (130356)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Austria P. sp. (129236)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Iran P. sp. (128888)
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 293.52Russian Federation P. aijvensis, Occidentoschwagerina primaeva (75611)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. sarycumensis (129358)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Türkiye P. kokpectensis (113846 113847) P. sp. (113841 113843) P. tianshanensis (129628)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Slovenia P. ingloria (129356) P. mukhamedjarovica (129341 129342) P. pseudomira (129325 129326) P. sp. (129321 129327 129355) P. sp., P. pseudomira, P. tianshanensis (129330)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (New Mexico) P. kansasensis (130051) P. premelonica, P. gigantea (130023)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Tajikistan P. ingloria (130365 130367 130368 130369 130371 130544 130545 130553 130557 130558 130910 130915) P. ischimbajica (130912 130925) P. longa (131091) P. mukhamedharovica (130579) P. primaeva, P. ingloria (130364) P. sp. (130921 130929) P. vlasovi (130574)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) P. kansasensis (108402 121456 149719 149999 166710 208340)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (California) P. fairbanksi (132028 132102 132129 132131 132132 132133) P. magna (132033 132034)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (California) P. elongata (129034)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) P. gigantea (130024 130025) P. kansasensis (130028 130055) P. phrenesa (130030 130031)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) P. shuleri (131756)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan P. sp. (61138 61139)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Austria P. dlakshanensis (129239) P. inflata (129285) P. nitida (129282 129283 129305) P. paranitida (129248) P. sp. (129238) P. sp., P. dlakshanensis (129240 129254) P. toriyamai (129293)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (California) P. crassitheca (132198 132199 132200) P. elongata (129047 132223) P. fairbanksi (129154 129572) P. fax (128246 132206 132209) P. fax, P. elongata (128243 128247 128249 132208 132221)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Türkiye P. pseudomira (114021 114023 114025 114027 114037 114038 114039 114040 114045)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Tajikistan P. inflata, P. tsharymdarensis (130082) P. tsharymdarensis (130178)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (75826)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Austria P. inflata (129295)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Tajikistan P. pashkovi (130180)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Japan P. sp. (128949 129090)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (California) P. tarda (131650 131651 131654 131786)