Fusulinoidea

The Fusulinoidea is a superfamily in the Fusulinida in which the test is spherical, discoida, or fusiform; commonly coiled, less often uncoiling in the late stage, numerous chambers per whorl; test wall of microgranular calcite in one to four layers. Tunnels or secondary foramina may result from partial resorption and secondary deposition may produce chomata, parachomate, tectoria, and axial fillings. Range: M Devonian (Givetian) – U Permian

Fusulinoidea

Wilson44691 ( Mark A. Wilson, Department of Geology, The College of Wooster ). · Public Domain · via Wikidata/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
FusulininaPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Foraminifera
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Foraminifera
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Foraminifera
Environment
marinePBDB

Time the record covers

At least 87 million years on record.

The record covers at least 339.9 Mya to 251.902 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 251.1 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 10031 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 2635 of 10031 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 7395 of 10031 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 1 of 10031 occurrences361–357 Mya — about 1 occurrence357–354 Mya — about 3 occurrences354–350 Mya — about 3 occurrences350–346 Mya — about 5 occurrences346–342 Mya — about 16 occurrences342–339 Mya — about 18 occurrences339–335 Mya — about 15 occurrences335–331 Mya — about 10 occurrences331–327 Mya — about 14 occurrences327–324 Mya — about 16 occurrences324–320 Mya — about 111 occurrences320–316 Mya — about 113 occurrences316–312 Mya — about 293 occurrences312–309 Mya — about 356 occurrences309–305 Mya — about 382 occurrences305–301 Mya — about 729 occurrences301–298 Mya — about 871 occurrences298–294 Mya — about 858 occurrences294–290 Mya — about 1319 occurrences290–286 Mya — about 312 occurrences286–283 Mya — about 294 occurrences283–279 Mya — about 246 occurrences279–275 Mya — about 285 occurrences275–271 Mya — about 500 occurrences271–268 Mya — about 539 occurrences268–264 Mya — about 1366 occurrences264–260 Mya — about 590 occurrences260–256 Mya — about 207 occurrences256–253 Mya — about 402 occurrences253–249 Mya — about 159 occurrences339.9 Mya251.902 Mya361 Mya249 Mya

10,031 occurrences of Fusulinoidea on record, most of them in the Permian. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

10,031 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

292 formations

Akasaka — 35.40°N, 136.58°EMcCloud — 40.72°N, 122.30°WMcCloud — 40.78°N, 122.28°WMcCloud — 40.94°N, 122.24°WMcCloud — 40.96°N, 122.25°WMcCloud — 40.99°N, 122.28°WMcCloud — 41.12°N, 122.15°WMcCloud — 40.92°N, 122.25°WKodzhagulskaja — 41.01°N, 75.07°EKodzhagulskaja — 40.85°N, 74.90°EBird Spring — 36.60°N, 114.79°WBird Spring — 36.73°N, 114.76°WBird Spring — 34.51°N, 115.42°WBird Spring — 34.94°N, 115.57°WBird Spring — 34.96°N, 115.59°WBird Spring — 34.98°N, 115.54°WBird Spring — 35.10°N, 115.87°WBird Spring — 35.13°N, 115.99°WBird Spring — 35.14°N, 115.83°WBird Spring — 35.98°N, 116.97°WBird Spring — 35.95°N, 117.07°WBird Spring — 35.95°N, 117.07°WBird Spring — 36.43°N, 117.32°WChangxing — 29.92°N, 106.43°EChangxing — 31.10°N, 119.73°EChangxing — 22.42°N, 107.70°EChangxing — 29.49°N, 106.40°EChangxing — 30.92°N, 119.99°EChangxing — 26.15°N, 105.29°EChangxing — 26.33°N, 105.93°EChangxing — 30.30°N, 106.85°EChangxing — 30.49°N, 107.00°EChangxing — 30.13°N, 106.45°EChangxing — 29.71°N, 113.93°EChangxing — 26.50°N, 105.58°EFoldedal — 80.64°N, 16.33°WHueco Canyon — 31.67°N, 105.83°WHueco Canyon — 31.85°N, 105.99°WHueco Canyon — 31.96°N, 106.02°WHueco Canyon — 31.74°N, 105.88°WKamiyozawa — 35.78°N, 139.16°EKamiyozawa — 35.75°N, 139.21°EKamiyozawa — 35.77°N, 139.25°ENabeyama — 36.44°N, 139.62°ENabeyama — 36.48°N, 139.56°ESurmaq — 31.05°N, 52.88°ESurmaq — 30.91°N, 53.22°ESurmaq — 32.07°N, 52.00°EKhachik — 39.60°N, 45.15°EKhachik — 39.56°N, 45.21°EKhachik — 39.57°N, 45.26°EKhachik — 38.98°N, 45.53°EKhachik — 39.45°N, 45.23°EKhan — 33.26°N, 56.17°EKhan — 33.83°N, 56.45°EKhan — 33.49°N, 56.26°EKhan — 33.65°N, 56.35°ESafetdaron — 38.12°N, 70.31°ESafetdaron — 38.69°N, 70.89°ESafetdaron — 38.15°N, 70.41°ESafetdaron — 37.95°N, 70.22°ESafetdaron — 38.19°N, 70.35°ESafetdaron — 38.48°N, 70.60°ESafetdaron — 38.03°N, 70.33°ESafetdaron — 38.37°N, 70.54°EOread Limestone — 36.75°N, 96.31°WOread Limestone — 36.92°N, 96.28°WOread Limestone — 36.97°N, 96.28°WOread Limestone — 37.05°N, 96.41°WOread Limestone — 37.13°N, 96.20°WOread Limestone — 37.24°N, 96.07°WOread Limestone — 37.56°N, 95.98°WOread Limestone — 37.74°N, 96.04°WOread Limestone — 37.76°N, 95.99°WOread Limestone — 38.03°N, 95.86°WOread Limestone — 38.09°N, 95.84°WOread Limestone — 38.23°N, 95.74°WOread Limestone — 38.34°N, 95.64°WOread Limestone — 38.39°N, 95.62°WOread Limestone — 38.84°N, 95.39°WOread Limestone — 38.78°N, 95.19°WOread Limestone — 38.92°N, 95.25°WOread Limestone — 39.01°N, 95.30°WOread Limestone — 39.11°N, 95.11°WOread Limestone — 39.33°N, 94.93°WOread Limestone — 39.59°N, 95.00°WOread Limestone — 39.81°N, 94.87°WOread Limestone — 40.96°N, 95.98°WOread Limestone — 40.99°N, 96.19°WOread Limestone — 41.01°N, 95.88°WOread Limestone — 41.16°N, 94.90°WOread Limestone — 41.35°N, 94.30°WOread Limestone — 41.31°N, 94.20°WForaker Limestone — 39.37°N, 95.88°WForaker Limestone — 39.17°N, 96.55°WForaker Limestone — 39.02°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestone — 38.91°N, 96.08°WForaker Limestone — 38.77°N, 96.03°WForaker Limestone — 38.48°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WForaker Limestone — 38.02°N, 96.28°WForaker Limestone — 37.54°N, 96.48°WForaker Limestone — 37.25°N, 96.54°WForaker Limestone — 37.09°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.40°WForaker Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.19°WForaker Limestone — 39.07°N, 96.12°WForaker Limestone — 39.85°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.14°N, 96.31°WForaker Limestone — 37.82°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 39.92°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.34°N, 96.05°WForaker Limestone — 38.72°N, 96.16°WForaker Limestone — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 37.25°N, 96.53°WForaker Limestone — 39.90°N, 95.91°WForaker Limestone — 38.81°N, 96.08°WForaker Limestone — 39.24°N, 95.47°WKap Jungersen — 80.64°N, 16.33°WKhachik — 39.66°N, 45.22°EKhachik — 39.54°N, 45.43°EKhachik — 39.84°N, 45.05°EKhachik — 39.95°N, 44.88°EKhachik — 39.56°N, 45.40°EKhachik — 39.83°N, 45.06°EShazipo — 23.58°N, 98.90°EWordiekammen — 78.64°N, 15.03°EGrenzland — 46.57°N, 13.23°ESafetdara — 38.76°N, 70.89°EZweikofel — 46.58°N, 13.22°EZweikofel — 46.58°N, 13.33°EDalan — 32.42°N, 49.99°EBorn — 46.38°N, 14.33°E

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The named rock units Fusulinoidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 268 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 2,532 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Fusulinoidea and its relatives

Permian

Where Fusulinoidea and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

333 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 794 sites for Fusulinoidea, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

317 references

Each of the 10,031 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 305 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Fusulinoidea

Credit
Wilson44691 ( Mark A. Wilson, Department of Geology, The College of Wooster ).
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Fusulinoidea was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Möller 1878