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Soritacea

Tubothalamea - Miliolida

Taxonomy

Soritacea was named by Ehrenberg (1839). It is extant.

It was assigned to Miliolina by Loeblich and Tappan (1988), Beavington-Penney and Racey (2004), Margerel (2012).

Subtaxa

Keramosphaeridae, Peneroplidae, Siphonoferidae, Soritidae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1839	Soritacea Ehrenberg
1988	Soritacea Loeblich and Tappan
2004	Soritacea Beavington-Penney and Racey
2012	Soritacea Margerel

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Chromista	Cavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdom	Rhizaria	()
phylum	Foraminifera	(Eichwald 1830)
class	Tubothalamea

Rank	Name	Author
order	Miliolida	Lankester 1885
suborder	Miliolina	Delage and Hérouard 1896
superfamily	Soritacea	Ehrenberg 1839
superfamily	Soritacea	Ehrenberg 1839

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.

Superfm. Soritacea Ehrenberg 1839

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Fm. Keramosphaeridae Brady 1884

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G. †Kanakaia

G. Keramosphaera Brady 1882

G. †Keramosphaerina

G. †Pavlovecina

Fm. Peneroplidae Renss 1860

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G. †Archiacina

G. Coscinospira

G. Dendritina d'Orbigny 1826

Dendritina elegans d'Orbigny 1839

†Dendritina rangi dOrbigny 1904

G. Laevipeneroplis Sulc 1936

Laevipeneroplis proteus d'Orbigny 1839

G. Monalysidium Chapman 1900

Monalysidium politum Chapman 1900

Subfm. †Orbitolitinae

G. †Praesorites Douvillé 1902

G. Penarchaias Hottinger 2007

†Penarchaias glynnjonesi Henson 1950

G. †Renulina

G. Spirolina Lamarck 1804

Spirolina cylindracea Lamarck 1804

G. †Vandenbroeckia

Invalid names: Spirolininae Cushman 1927 [empty]

Fm. †Siphonoferidae Senowbari-Daryan and Zaninetti 1986

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G. †Siphonofera

Fm. Soritidae Ehrenberg 1839

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Subfm. Archaisinae

G. Amphisorus Ehrenberg 1839

Amphisorus hemprichii Ehrenberg 1839

G. Androsina

G. Archaias Montfort 1808

Archaias angulatus Fichtel and Moll 1798

G. Cycloputeolina

G. Cyclorbiculina

G. †Cyclorbiculinoides

G. †Globoflarina Rahaghi 1983

†Globoflarina sphaeroidea Fleury 1982

G. †Miosorites

G. Parasorites

Subfm. †Fusarchaiasinae Saidova 1981

G. †Fusarchaias

G. Marginopora

G. †Opertorbitolites

†Opertorbitolites douvillei Nuttall 1925

Subfm. †Opertorbitolitinae Loeblich and Tappan 1986

G. †Somalina

G. †Orbitolites

Subfm. †Praerhapydionininae Hamaoui and Fourcade 1973

G. †Cycledomia

G. †Edomia

G. †Globoreticulina

G. †Lamarmorella

G. †Murgella

G. †Praerhapydionina

†Praerhapydionina delicata Henson 1950

G. †Pseudorhipidionina

G. †Scandonea

G. †Taberina

†Taberina malabarica Carter 1853

G. †Pseudorhapydionina

G. †Pseudotaberina Eames 1971

Subfm. Soritinae Ehrenberg 1839

G. Sorites

G. †Yaberinella

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calcitesubo

Environment:

hypersaline, marinesubo

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Life habit:

epifaunalsubo

Diet:

deposit feedersubo

Created:

2007-09-19 08:15:21

Modified:

2009-05-20 07:26:11

Source: subo = suborder

Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lacian to the top of the Holocene or 227.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 215.38 Ma

Collections (311 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	Türkiye	Siphonofera pilleri (60473)
Norian - Rhaetian	227.3 - 201.4	Italy (Sicily)	Siphonofera pilleri (38061)
Norian - Rhaetian	227.3 - 201.4	Italy	Siphonofera pilleri (73880)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Italy (Campania)	Pseudorhapydionina dubia (84801) Pseudorhapydionina dubia, Pseudorhapydionina laurinensis (84802)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	Pseudorhapydionina dubia, Pseudorhipidionina casertana (148299)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Italy	Pseudorhapydionina dubia, Pseudorhipidionina casertana (67095)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Italy	Pseudorhapydionina dubia (138397)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Croatia (Istarska)	Pseudorhapydionina dubia (28002) Pseudorhapydionina dubia, Pseudorhipidionina casertana (68103)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Türkiye (Antalya)	Pseudorhapydionina dubia (161542 161550 161554 161556 161557 161560) Pseudorhapydionina dubia, Pseudorhapydionina sp. (161558) Pseudorhapydionina sp. (161555)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Lebanon (Kesrouâne)	Pseudorhapydionina dubia, Pseudorhapydionina laurinensis (86185) Pseudorhapydionina laurinensis (86183 86187)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Türkiye (Antalya)	Pseudorhapydionina dubia (161429 161430 161694)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Italy	Pseudorhapydionina dubia (162487)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Türkiye (Antalya)	Pseudorhapydionina dubia (161702 161713 161716 161719)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Lebanon (Kesrouâne)	Pseudorhapydionina dubia, Pseudorhapydionina laurinensis (60380)
Middle Cenomanian - Turonian	100.5 - 89.8	Italy	Pseudorhapydionina dubia (161166)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Croatia (Istria)	Scandonea samnitica (162696)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Egypt	Spirolina schweinfurth (140954)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian	93.9 - 85.7	Croatia (Splitsko-Dalmatinska)	Scandonea samnitica (67618)
Turonian - Coniacian	93.9 - 85.7	Italy	Murgella sp. (67096)
Late/Upper Turonian - Santonian	93.9 - 83.6	Croatia (Zadarska)	Scandonea samnitica (162699 162700 162701)