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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
P. chekiangensis, P. mexicana

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
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