The Nodosinellacea is a superfamily of
fusulinids
The Fusulinida is an extinct order within the Foraminifera in which the tests are traditionally considered to have been composed of microgranular calcite. Like all forams, they were single-celled organisms. In advanced forms the test wall was dif ...
(microganular foraminifera) in which the test is of one or more distinct chambers with the wall single layered or with a microgranular outer layer and fibrous inner layer. Differs from the
Geinitzinacea
The Geintizinacea comprises a superfamily of Upper Devonian to Upper Permian uniserial fusulinids
The Fusulinida is an extinct order within the Foraminifera in which the tests are traditionally considered to have been composed of microgranular ...
in that the latter has the layers reversed.
The Nodosinellacea, which has a stratigraphic range from the Upper
Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...
to the
Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last period of the Paleoz ...
, includes two families, the
Earlandinitidae and the
Nodosinellidae.
References
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* Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan,1988. Forminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold.
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Foraminifera superfamilies