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Polydiexodina shumardi

Schwagerinidae

Discussion

Dunbar and Skinner (1931) selected a type series of specimens (syntypes or cotypes) to represent their concept of Polydiexodina shumardi. The syntypes are deposited in the Invertebrate Paleontology Division, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, CT under the following catalogue numbers: YPM IP 20881-20884, 25670-25671, 50048.

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Taxonomy
Polydiexodina shumardi was named by Dunbar and Skinner (1931). Its type specimen is Syntypes: YPM IP 20881-20884, 25670-25671, 50048, a test (axial thin sections of tests), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Polydiexodina shumardi Dunbar and Skinner pp. 266-267 figs. Pl. 3, figs. 1-6
1937Polydiexodina shumardi Dunbar and Skinner p. 695 figs. Pl 81, figs 3-10
1937Polydiexodina guadalupensis Needham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
familySchwagerinidaeDunbar and Henbest 1930
genusPolydiexodinaDunbar and Skinner 1931
speciesshumardi

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.

Polydiexodina shumardi Dunbar and Skinner 1931
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Invalid names: Polydiexodina guadalupensis Needham 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcites
Entire body: yess
Adult length: 10 to < 100s
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10s
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10s
Adult volume: 100 to < 1000s
Thickness: thins
Architecture: porouss
Form: roller-shapeds
Internal reinforcement: majors
Polymorph: yess
Ontogeny: addition of partss
Grouping: solitarys
Locomotion: facultatively mobiles
Life habit: epifaunals
Depth habitat: surfaces
Diet: grazers
Diet 2: photosymbiotics
Vision: blinds
Reproduction: alternatings
Dispersal: waters
Dispersal 2: non-planktonics
Created: 2017-01-24 20:14:17
Modified: 2017-01-24 20:14:17
Source: s = species
References: Kiessling 2004, Dunbar and Skinner 1931

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 272.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Mexico (Coahuila) Polydiexodina shumardi (63051)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Mexico (Coahuila) Polydiexodina shumardi (62909 62911)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Polydiexodina shumardi (184261 184263)