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Fusulina elongata
Taxonomy
Fusulina elongata was named by Shumard (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Fusulina elongata Shumard p. 297 |
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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.
†Fusulina elongata Shumard 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Permian | USA (Alaska) | Fusulina elongata (112190 112191 112193 112196) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Fusulina elongata (133737) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Fusulina elongata (type locality: 133736) |