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Laffitteina

Rotaliidae

Taxonomy
Laffitteina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Marie (1946); and to Rotaliidae by Asgari‑Pirbalouti and Dehghanian (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Laffitteina Marie
2022Laffitteina Asgari‑Pirbalouti and Dehghanian

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyRotaliaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyRotaliidaeEhrenberg 1839
genusLaffitteina

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Türkiye L. conica (161304) L. conica, L. mengaudi (161289 161298 161302 161305) L. mengaudi (161292 161294 161296 161300)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iran L. compressa, L. sp., L. calvazea (225730)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Iran L. compressa, L. calvazea, L. sp. (225729)