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Opertorbitolites

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Opertorbitolites Cushman p. 57
1988Opertorbitolites Loeblich and Tappan
1992Opertorbitolites Plaziat and Perrin
2002Opertorbitolites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilySoritaceaEhrenberg 1839
familySoritidaeEhrenberg 1839
genusOpertorbitolites

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: 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: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0China (Tibet) O. sp. (215937)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Greece (Ionian Islands) O. sp. (276167 276168 276169 276170 276171)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Iraq (Kurdistan) O. transitorius (215180)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Slovenia (Littoral) O. sp. (214592)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France O. sp. (95871)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Iraq (Kurdistan) O. transitorius (215077)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Iran O. douvillei (226724 226726 226729)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan O. douvillei (79074)