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Dorothia

Lituolida - Lituolidae

Taxonomy
Dorothia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Valvulininae by Bertels (1964); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Valvulinidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species
D. californica, D. monmouthensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. pupa, D. stephensoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Dorothia Bertels p. 135 figs. 9-10
2002Dorothia Sepkoski
2003Dorothia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
orderLituolida
superfamilyLituoloidea
RankNameAuthor
familyLituolidaede Blainville 1825
familyVerneuilinidaeCushman 1911
subfamilyValvulininaeBerthelin 1880
genusDorothia

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.

G. †Dorothia
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†Dorothia californica Cushman and Kleinpell 1934
†Dorothia monmouthensis Olsson 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 157.30000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Egypt D. terquemi (99488)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Poland (Masovian Voivodship) D. subtrochus (192534)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4South Africa D. australis (70654 70655 70663 70682) D. sp. (70541 70543 70544) D. sp., D. australis (70542)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0South Africa D. sp. (70686 70687 70689 70690 70691 70692 70695 70696 70700 70701) D. sp. A (70702) D. sp., D. inglesidensis (70698 70699)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France (Provence) D. conula (56774)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Romania D. filiformis (91389)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France (Provence) D. plummeri (56820)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Tunisia D. oxycoma (56813)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Tunisia D. filiformis (56816) D. oxycoma (56814)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) D. gradata (78586)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt D. pupa (141572)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) D. gradata (78587 78588 78592 78593)
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) D. oxycona, D. filiformis (179314)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) D. oxycona (179309 179312 179313)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria D. trochus (74488 74489)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany D. oxycona (74485)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Chile D. mordojovichi (231976) D. oxycona (231971 231972 231973) D. sp., D. bulleta (231969)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand D. stephensoni (63094)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (British Columbia) D. pupa (91082)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia D. bulletta (57320 57345 57352 57359 57362 57364) D. bulletta, D. oxycona (57324 57350 57363) D. bulletta, D. oxycona, D. pupa (57344 57360) D. bulletta, D. pupa (57325) D. oxycona (57323 57329 57332 57349 57356 57365 57367) D. oxycona, D. pupa (57346 57354 57361) D. oxycona, D. pupa, D. recusa (57347) D. pupa (57327 57338 57342 57343) D. pupa, D. recusa (57358) D. recusa (57368)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Ukraine D. oxycona (91061) D. sp. (91058) D. sp., D. retusa (91060 91068)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0New Zealand (South Island) D. elongata (106757)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine D. belloies, D. pupa (91071 91072) D. oxycona (91070) D. pupa (91073)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Croatia D. sp. (87251)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain D. beloides, D. retusa (154089)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain D. beloides, D. retusa (154090 154096) D. retusa (154097)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (California) D. californica (185214)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03New Zealand (North Island) D. minima (205946)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand D. minima (77489)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand D. biformis, D. minima (77491)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) D. bradyana (166810)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Tuscany) D. gibbosa (55748)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) D. gibbosa (50523)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy D. gibbosa (77008)