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Planorotalites

Taxonomy

Planorotalites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. chapmani, P. compressa, P. compressus, P. pseudomenardii, P. pseudoscitula

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. compressa, P. palmeri, P. pseudoscitula, P. pseudoscitulua, P. pseudoscitulus, P. renzi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2002	Planorotalites Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Chromista	Cavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdom	Rhizaria	()

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Foraminifera	(Eichwald 1830)
genus	Planorotalites

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. †Planorotalites

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†Globigerina compressa compressa Subbotina 1953

†Planorotalites chapmani Nederbragt and van Hinte 1987

†Planorotalites compressa Plummer 1927

†Planorotalites compressus Huber 1991

†Planorotalites pseudomenardii Nederbragt and van Hinte 1987

†Planorotalites pseudoscitula Glaessner 1937

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 Danian to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Senegal	P. compressa (198030)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Indian Ocean	P. compressa (255527)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (Texas)	Globorotalia compressa (211505 211507 211509)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	North Atlantic	P. chapmani (141910)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (Missouri)	Globorotalia compressa (232025)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Benin	P. chapmani, P. pseudomenardii (241250 241251)
Thanetian - Ypresian	59.24 - 48.07	Benin	P. chapmani (241253)
Thanetian - Ypresian	59.24 - 48.07	Türkiye (Denizli)	P. sp. (215037)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Maldives (Gaafaru)	P. pseudoscitulua, P. palmeri (214809) P. pseudoscitulus (214812) P. pseudoscitulus, P. palmeri (214810)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Indian Ocean	P. pseudoscitula (254274 254275)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Nigeria	Globorotalia pseudoscitula (77257)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (North Carolina)	P. renzi (7297)