Schwagerinidae
| Schwagerinidae Temporal range: Late Carb (M Penn) - Late Permian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Rhizaria |
| Subkingdom: | Protozoa |
| Class: | Foraminifera |
| Order: | Fusulinida |
| Superfamily: | Fusulinacea |
| Family: | Schwagerinidae Dunbar and Henbest, 1930 |
The Schwagerinidae comprise a family of large, generally fusiform, foraminiferans included in the Fusulinacea, a superfamily of fusulinids, locally abundant during the later Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and most of the Permian.
M.L. Thompson (1964) gives the following diagnosis: Shell large, fusiform to irregularly cylindrical, planispiral, involute in most, irregularly uncoiled in some; spirotheca thick, composed of tectum and alveolar kariotheca; septa fluted in end zones of primitive genera, fluted completely across shell and to tops of chambers of more advanced genera; tummel singular in most forms, multiple in one genus; axial fillings absent to massive; chomata massive to slight.
As with all fusulinaceans, the Schagerinidae are a shallow water form which in places make up a significant portion of the sediment, now limestone. More familiar genera include Schwagerina, Triticites, and Parafusulina.
References
- M.L. Thompson, 1964. Fusulinacea in Alfred R. Loeblich Jr & Helen Tappan, 1964. Sarcodina Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C Protista 2. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. p.C-415