Table 1. Upper Moscovian and Kasimovian fusulinid zonal succession in Eurasia.
Zone | Age | Locality |
Rauserites quasiarcticus | late Kasimovian | Dorogomilovian, Perkhurovskaya Fm. in the Moscow Basin |
Montiparus montiparus | middle Kasimovian | Khamovnicheian, Ratmirovskaya and Neverovskaya Fms. in the Moscow Basin |
Protriticites pseudomontiparus-Obsoletes obsoletus | early Kasimovian | Krevyakinian, Suvorovskaya and Voskresenskaya Fms. in the Moscow Basin |
Protriticites ovatus-Praeobsoletes burkemensis | late Myachkovian | Peskovskaya Fm. in the Moscow Basin |
Fusulinella bocki | early Myachkovian | Novlinskaya Fm. in the Moscow Basin |
Table 2. Fusulinid zones of Desmoinesian (DS) and Missourian (MS) in USA by Wilde (1990).
Zone | Characteristic fauna |
8. Zone of Eowaeringella and Triticites of the Missourian (MC1). | Eowaeringella, Triticites |
7. Upper zone of Fusulina (DS5): | "Fusulina cylindrica" group. |
6. Lower zone of Fusulina (DS4): | Fusulina megista, F. acme, F. exima, Bartramella bartrami, Protriticites spp., Praeobsoletes spp. |
5. Upper zone of Beedeina (DS3) : | Beedeina girtyi, B. illinoisensis, B. similis, B. haworthi, Bartramella bartrami, Protriticites spp. Plectofusulina sp. |
4. Middle zone of Beedeina (DS2b): | Beedeina novamexicana, B. distenta, B. levicula |
3. Upper zone of Wedekindellina (DS2a): | Wedekindellina euthysepta, W. henbesty, W. excentrica, W. magna, W. ellipsoides |
2. Lower zone of Beedeina (DS1b): | Beedeina eurytensis, B. leei, B. pumila |
1. Lower zone of Wedekindellina (DS1a): | Wedekindellina euthysepta, Fusulinella iowensis, F. matura |
Table 3. Correlation of Middle/Upper Carboniferous fusulinids in Eurasia and North America
Eurasia | North America |
Rauserites quasiarcticus (Dorogomilovian) |
MS-1 First zone of Triticites and Eowaeringella |
Montiparus montiparus (Khamovnichenian) |
DS-5,4 Upper zone of Fusulina and lower zone of Fusulina |
Protriticites pseudomontiparus- Obsoletes obsoletus (Krevyakinian) |
DS-2b,3 Middle-Upper zone Beedeina and Upper zone of Wedekindellina |
Protriticites ovatus- Praeobsoletes burkemensis (late Moscovian, late Myachkovian) |
DS-1b,2a Lower zone of Beedeina: Beedeina eurytensis, B. leei, B. pumila |
Fusulinella bocki (late Moscovian, early Myachkovian) | DS-1a Lower zone of Wedekindellina: Wedekindellina euthysepta, Fusulinella iowensis, F. matura |