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Taxonomic position of the superorder Fusulinoida Fursenko in the Foraminifera system

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Comparative morphological analysis of the test and apertural structures in lower and higher members of the superorder Fusulinoida and class Miliolata has shown that they are similar in test, developmental trends from primitive forms with a tubular chamber to complex supermultichamber tests of the fusulinoid shape. As series of sections were compared, supplementary inner deposits at the bottom of chambers of endothyrids (tubercles, rostra, chomata) showed homology with the teeth of Miliolata. The high magnesium composition of the test wall and some ultrastructural features shared by the two groups support their affinity and suggest the assignment of the superorder Fusulinoida to the class Miliolata as an early phylogenetic lineage.

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Original Russian Text © V.I. Mikhalevich, 2009, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, No. 2, pp. 3–15.

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Mikhalevich, V.I. Taxonomic position of the superorder Fusulinoida Fursenko in the Foraminifera system. Paleontol. J. 43, 117–128 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030109020014

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