Fusulina Schellwien 1898 (foram)

Foraminifera - Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae

Parent taxon: Fusulininae according to F. R. Bensh 1972

See also Cushman 1927 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bartramella, Pseudotriticites, Quasifusulinoides

Subtaxa: Fusulina cylindrica Fusulina donbassica Fusulina elongata Fusulina granumavenae Fusulina montipara Fusulina verneuili

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Indonesia (1 collection), United States (7: Alaska, California, Texas)

• Virgilian of United States (3: Kansas, Ohio, Texas)

• Desmoinesian of United States (24: Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah)

• Pennsylvanian of Canada (6: British Columbia, Nunavut), United States (3: Illinois, Utah)

• Carboniferous of China (4), Iran (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Tajikistan (2), United States (4: Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri)

• Mississippian of United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 59 collections including 62 occurrences

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