''Eostaffella'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

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of fusulinid belonging to the family Eostaffellidae. Specimens of the genus have been found in

Carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...

Permian The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last period of the Paleoz ...

beds in Europe, Asia, and North America.

Species

*''E. acuta'' Grozdilova and Lebedeva 1950 *''E. donbassica'' Kireeva 1949 *''E. galinae'' Ganelina 1956 *''E. irenae'' Ganelina 1956 *''E. lepida'' Grozdilova and Lebedeva 1950 *''E. mosquensis'' Vissarionova 1948 *''E. pinguis'' Thompson 1944 *''E. postmosquensis'' Kireeva 1951 *''E. serotina'' Leven 1992

References

Paleozoic life Fusulinida Radiolarian genera {{Foram-stub