Parafusulina

Parafusulina is a genus of foraminifera included in the fusulinoidean family Schwagerinidae that were extant during the Permian.

Parafusulina

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 25 million years on record.

The record covers at least 290.1 Mya to 264.28 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 298.9 Mya to 259.857 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 0 of 348 occurrencesPermian — about 348 of 348 occurrencesPermian300–298 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences298–297 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences297–296 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences296–294 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences294–293 Mya — about 1 occurrence293–292 Mya — about 3 occurrences292–290 Mya — about 3 occurrences290–289 Mya — about 3 occurrences289–287 Mya — about 3 occurrences287–286 Mya — about 3 occurrences286–285 Mya — about 3 occurrences285–283 Mya — about 3 occurrences283–282 Mya — about 10 occurrences282–281 Mya — about 11 occurrences281–279 Mya — about 11 occurrences279–278 Mya — about 11 occurrences278–277 Mya — about 11 occurrences277–275 Mya — about 12 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 16 occurrences274–273 Mya — about 24 occurrences273–271 Mya — about 24 occurrences271–270 Mya — about 24 occurrences270–269 Mya — about 24 occurrences269–267 Mya — about 24 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 52 occurrences266–264 Mya — about 60 occurrences264–263 Mya — about 11 occurrences263–262 Mya — about 2 occurrences262–260 Mya — about 2 occurrences260–259 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences290.1 Mya264.28 Mya299.7 Mya259.1 Mya

348 occurrences of Parafusulina 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

348 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

35 formations

Akasaka — 35.40°N, 136.58°ENabeyama — 36.44°N, 139.62°ENabeyama — 36.48°N, 139.56°ENosoni — 40.91°N, 122.21°WNosoni — 40.78°N, 122.28°WNosoni — 40.74°N, 122.30°WPalo Quemado — 26.39°N, 102.94°WPalo Quemado — 26.31°N, 102.90°WSanta Rosa Flat — 36.53°N, 117.74°WSanta Rosa Flat — 36.49°N, 117.75°WQixia — 31.63°N, 117.83°EKamiyozawa — 35.76°N, 139.24°EKamiyozawa — 35.76°N, 139.25°ESidazhai — 25.61°N, 106.15°EBone Spring — 31.27°N, 104.85°WBird Spring — 35.09°N, 115.86°WShirahone — 36.15°N, 137.63°ESurmaq — 31.05°N, 52.88°ESurmaq — 30.91°N, 53.22°EIzuru — 36.40°N, 139.60°EGundara — 38.90°N, 71.14°EGundara — 38.75°N, 70.87°EMcCloud — 41.05°N, 122.25°WAntimonio — 30.77°N, 112.57°WBeykoz — 41.63°N, 33.28°ECutoff — 31.25°N, 104.61°WLugu — 33.26°N, 87.51°ESkinner Ranch — 30.20°N, 103.42°WYokoyama — 35.21°N, 134.63°EWordiekammen limestones — 78.49°N, 16.79°EBaogete — 43.75°N, 122.00°EPalmarito — 8.03°N, 71.35°W

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The named rock units Parafusulina has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 11 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 43 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Parafusulina and its relatives

Permian

Where Parafusulina and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

369 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 251 sites for Parafusulina, 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

51 references

Each of the 348 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. 39 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 content2

Picture of Parafusulina

Credit
JJonahJackalope
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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. Dunbar and Skinner 1931