Endothyra

Endothyra; Temporal range: Devonian-Triassic; ~
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromista
Phylum:	Retaria
Infraphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	†Fusulinata
Family:	†Endothyridae
Subfamily:	†Endothyrinae
Genus:	†Endothyra; Phillips 1846[1]
Species
	See text

Endothyra is an extinct genus of fusulinid belonging to the family Endothyridae.[2] Specimens of the genus have been found in Carboniferous beds in North America and many other locations in the world. It was a common and widespread rock-forming fusulinid.[3]

Species

E. baileyi[3]
E. bowmani Phillips 1846[4]

References

Phillips, J. On the remains of microscopic animals in the rocks of Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West-Riding of Yorkshire. August 1845: 274-302 (1846).
Loeblich, Alfred R.; Tappan, Helen (1984). "Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa)". Micropaleontology. 30 (1): 1. doi:10.2307/1485456. JSTOR 1485456.
Scott, Harold W.; Zeller, Edward; Zeller, Doris Nodine (1947). "The Genus Endothyra". Journal of Paleontology. 21 (6): 557–562. JSTOR 1299229.
Harlton, B. H. (1933). "Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale". Journal of Paleontology. 7 (1): 3–29. JSTOR 1298118.

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[1] Phillips, J. On the remains of microscopic animals in the rocks of Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West-Riding of Yorkshire. August 1845: 274-302 (1846).

[LoeblichTappan1984-2] Loeblich, Alfred R.; Tappan, Helen (1984). "Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa)". Micropaleontology. 30 (1): 1. doi:10.2307/1485456. JSTOR 1485456.

[ScottEtal1947-3] Scott, Harold W.; Zeller, Edward; Zeller, Doris Nodine (1947). "The Genus Endothyra". Journal of Paleontology. 21 (6): 557–562. JSTOR 1299229.

[Harlton1933-4] Harlton, B. H. (1933). "Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale". Journal of Paleontology. 7 (1): 3–29. JSTOR 1298118.