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Pararotalia

Rotaliidae

Taxonomy

Pararotalia is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rotaliidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. armata, P. byramensis, P. calcar, P. curryi, P. guianensis, P. inermis, P. lithothamnica, P. mackayi, P. magdalenensis, P. manaensis, P. mecalepecenis, P. mecatepecensis, P. mecatepencis, P. sumatrana, P. tuberculifera, P. viennoti

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2002	Pararotalia Sepkoski
2003	Pararotalia Kiessling

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Chromista	Cavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdom	Rhizaria	()
phylum	Foraminifera	(Eichwald 1830)
suborder	Rotaliina	Delage and Herouard 1896

Rank	Name	Author
superfamily	Rotaliacea	Ehrenberg 1839
family	Rotaliidae	Ehrenberg 1839
genus	Pararotalia

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 Late/Upper Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (39 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Argentina (Mendoza)	P. sp. (105859)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Libya	P. tuberculifera (77235)
Late/Upper Paleocene	59.24 - 56.0	French Guiana	P. guianensis (209428 209430 209431 209437 209439) P. manaensis (209426 209434 209440 209441 209442 209443 209445 209446)
Late/Upper Paleocene	59.24 - 56.0	Suriname	P. guianensis (209456)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Libya	P. viennoti, P. inermis (42125)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	P. sp. (41966)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Hungary	P. curryi (171632 171633)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Namibia (Sperrgebiet)	P. inermis (149316)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Libya	P. inermis (77237)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Italy (Vicenza)	P. lithothamnica (138115)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Puerto Rico	P. byramensis, P. mecatepecensis (92230)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Indonesia	P. mecatepencis (61740)
Oligocene - Miocene	33.9 - 5.333	Indonesia	P. mecalepecenis (170615)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Italy	P. sp. (36253 36254 36255)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	New Zealand (North Island)	P. mackayi (205946)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian	23.04 - 15.98	Libya	P. sp. (42130)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	India	P. armata (77654)
Otaian - Altonian	21.7 - 15.9	New Zealand	P. mackayi (146596)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	India (Orissa)	P. sumatrana (46364 46365)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Algeria	P. sp. (70860)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Panama	P. magdalenensis (91912)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	North Atlantic	P. spp. (267549)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	New Caledonia	P. calcar (109502)