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Dorothia oxycona

Lituolida - Lituolidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species

D. californica, D. monmouthensis

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. australis, D. belloies, D. beloides, D. biformis, D. bradyana, D. bulleta, D. bulleta, D. bulletta, D. bulletta, D. conula, D. elongata, D. filiformis, D. gibbosa, D. gradata, D. inglesidensis, D. minima, D. mordojovichi, D. nonmouthensis, D. oxycoma, D. plummeri, D. pupa, D. recusa, D. retusa, D. stephensoni, D. subtrochus, D. terquemi, D. trochus, D. biformis, D. bradyana, D. brevis, D. bulleta, D. elongata, D. exilis, D. goesi, D. pseudofiliformis, D. trochoides

Synonymy list

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Chromista	Cavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdom	Rhizaria	()
phylum	Foraminifera	(Eichwald 1830)
order	Lituolida
superfamily	Lituoloidea

Rank	Name	Author
family	Lituolidae	de Blainville 1825
family	Verneuilinidae	Cushman 1911
subfamily	Valvulininae	Berthelin 1880
genus	Dorothia
species	oxycona

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis

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Measurements

No measurements are available

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Eocene or 100.50000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (60 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (257323)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (259217 259218)
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Tanzania (Lindi)	Dorothia oxycona (179314)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Tanzania (Lindi)	Dorothia oxycona (179309 179312 179313)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (248968 248971 254738 254739 257311 257314 257956)
Turonian - Coniacian	93.9 - 85.7	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (257310 257953)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (254733 254734 254735 254736 257303 257304 257306 257307 257309 257950)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (249902)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Germany	Dorothia oxycona (74485)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (249901 257299 257300 257301)
Santonian - Campanian	85.7 - 72.2	Chile	Dorothia oxycona (231971 231972 231973)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (249900)
Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (249899)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Ukraine	Dorothia oxycona (91061)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Tunisia	Dorothia oxycona (57323 57324 57329 57332 57344 57346 57347 57349 57350 57354 57356 57360 57361 57363 57365 57367)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Ukraine	Dorothia oxycona (91070)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (249887)
Paleocene - Eocene	66.0 - 33.9	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (249884 249885 249886)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Indian Ocean	Dorothia oxycona (249880)