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{{Short description|Extinct genus of fusulinid}}
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| fossil_range = [[Earth:Devonian|Devonian]]-[[Earth:Triassic|Triassic]]<br/>~{{fossil range|392|202}}
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| taxon = Endothyra
| authority = Phillips 1846<ref>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).</ref>
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'''''Endothyra''''' is an extinct [[Biology:Genus|genus]] of fusulinid belonging to the family Endothyridae.<ref name=LoeblichTappan1984>{{cite journal |last1=Loeblich |first1=Alfred R. |last2=Tappan |first2=Helen |title=Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa) |journal=Micropaleontology |date=1984 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=1 |doi=10.2307/1485456 |jstor=1485456}}</ref> Specimens of the genus have been found in [[Earth:Carboniferous|Carboniferous]] beds in North America and many other locations in the world. It was a common and widespread rock-forming fusulinid.<ref name=ScottEtal1947>{{cite journal |title=The Genus Endothyra |first1=Harold W. |last1=Scott |first2=Edward |last2=Zeller  |first3=Doris Nodine |last3=Zeller |journal = Journal of Paleontology |volume=21 |number=6 |year=1947 |pages=557-562 |jstor=1299229}}</ref>

== Species ==
*''E. baileyi''<ref name=ScottEtal1947/>
*''E. bowmani'' <small>Phillips 1846</small><ref name=Harlton1933>{{cite journal |first1=B. H. |last1=Harlton |year=1933 |title=Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=7 |number=1 |pages=3-29 |jstor=1298118}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Fusulinida]]



{{Sourceattribution|Endothyra}}