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Pseudofusulinella venusta

Fusulinidae

Taxonomy
Pseudofusulinella venusta was named by Skinner and Wilde (1965). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is C-70, Tombstone Mountain, Klamath Mountains, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the McCloud Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. annae, P. eopulchra, P. levis, P. pulchra, P. usavae, P. usvae, P. valkenburghae, P. ylychensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Pseudofusulinella venusta Skinner and Wilde p. 39 figs. Pl 53, figs 16-20

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

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.

†Pseudofusulinella venusta Skinner and Wilde 1965
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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: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (California) Pseudofusulinella venusta (131630 type locality: 131650 131651 131654 131780)