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Fusulinid Triticites
Pennsylvanian
Missouri, USA
Fusulinid Range Carboniferous-Permian

Fusulinid in Cross-Section

Fusulinids in Cross-Section
Permian
Florence-A chert
Kay County, Oklahoma



Fusulinids are similar to wheat grains in shape and size. In cross-section they exhibit a spiral shape. The image of the fusulinids in cross-section was taken with a Canon PowerShot SD770 IS Digital ELPH 10.0 MEGA PIXELS, cropped and resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6. The images were taken in sunlight outside. The images below zoom in at 75x and 150x using a Dino-Lite AD7013 MT 5.0 MP. Images were resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6. The large fusulinid measures 3 millimeters in diameter while the smaller one measures 1000 micrometers in diameter.

The fusulinids in this chert are most likely in the genus Triticites from the Latin for wheat tritic and the English for rock or fossil ite (Borror, 1988, pp 50 and 105).

Foramanifera in chert
Foraminifera
 
Bibliography

Borror, D.J. (1988). Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms. California: Mayfield Publishing Company.

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