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Pseudofusulina tenuis

Schwagerinidae

Taxonomy
Pseudofusulina tenuis was named by Skinner and Wilde (1965). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is C-195, Curl Creek, Klamath Mountains, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the McCloud Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Pseudofusulina tenuis Skinner and Wilde p. 64 figs. Pl 25, figs 13-18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
RankNameAuthor
familySchwagerinidaeDunbar and Henbest 1930
subfamilyPseudofusulininae(Dutkevich 1934)
genusPseudofusulinaDunbar and Skinner 1931
speciestenuis

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.

Pseudofusulina tenuis 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: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (California) Pseudofusulina tenuis (type locality: 132144 132145)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Pseudofusulina tenuis (130031)