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Globorotalia (Truncorotalia)

Globorotaliidae

Taxonomy
Truncorotalia was named by Cushman and Bermudez (1949). It is extant.

It was reranked as Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) by Lam and Leckie (2020).

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Globorotalia by Lam and Leckie (2020).

Subtaxa
Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) crassula, Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis, Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) truncatulinoides, Truncorotalia cavernula, Truncorotalia crassaconica, Truncorotalia excelsa, Truncorotalia hessi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Globorotalia acrostoma, Globorotalia aemiliana, Globorotalia aequa, Globorotalia archeomenardii, Globorotalia archeomenardii, Globorotalia bartensteini, Globorotalia challengeri, Globorotalia cibaoenisis, Globorotalia conoidea, Globorotalia conoidea, Globorotalia continuous, Globorotalia crossaformis, Globorotalia crystalriverensis, Globorotalia cultrata, Globorotalia decoraperta, Globorotalia densa, Globorotalia esnaensis, Globorotalia excelsa, Globorotalia exilis, Globorotalia exilis, Globorotalia exilis-pertenuis, Globorotalia fimbriata, Globorotalia fimbriata, Globorotalia flexuosa, Globorotalia fohsi, Globorotalia fohsi, Globorotalia fohsi, Globorotalia fohsi, Globorotalia fohsi, Globorotalia gigantea, Globorotalia hessi, Globorotalia hexagona, Globorotalia ichinosekiensis, Globorotalia ikbei, Globorotalia iwaiensis, Globorotalia mayeri, Globorotalia mayeri, Globorotalia mediterranea, Globorotalia menardi, Globorotalia miocenica, Globorotalia multicamerata, Globorotalia multicamerata, Globorotalia munda, Globorotalia nicolae, Globorotalia peripheroacuta, Globorotalia peripheroacuta, Globorotalia peripherodonta, Globorotalia pertenuis, Globorotalia pertenuis, Globorotalia pliozea, Globorotalia postcretacea, Globorotalia praefohsi, Globorotalia praehumerosa, Globorotalia praeinflata, Globorotalia praemargaritae, Globorotalia praemenardi, Globorotalia praeoscitans, Globorotalia praescitula, Globorotalia praesctula, Globorotalia pseudotopilensis, Globorotalia puncticulata, Globorotalia puncticulata, Globorotalia renzi, Globorotalia ronda, Globorotalia semivera, Globorotalia sphericomiozea, Globorotalia suterae, Globorotalia tassonyi, Globorotalia tribulosa, Globorotalia triplex, Globorotalia truncatulinoides, Globorotalia truncatulinoides, Globorotalia viola, Globorotalia zealandica, Globorotalia zelandica, Truncorotalia cavernula, Truncorotalia crassacarina, Truncorotalia crassacarinina, Truncorotalia crassaconica, Truncorotalia juanai, Truncorotalia viola, Turborotalia continuosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Truncorotalia Cushman and Bermudez
2002Truncorotalia Sepkoski
2020Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) Lam and Leckie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinoidea
RankNameAuthor
familyGloborotaliidaeCushman 1927
genusGloborotalia
subgenusTruncorotalia()

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.

Subg. Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) Cushman and Bermúdez 1949
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†Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis Takayanagi and Saito 1962
†Truncorotalia crassaconica Hornibrook 1981
†Truncorotalia excelsa Sprovieri et al. 1980
†Truncorotalia hessi Bolli and Premoli Silva 1973
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 Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (1144 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04South Pacific Globorotalia tosaensis (262638)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Indian Ocean Truncorotalia tosaensis (252869)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Indian Ocean Truncorotalia tosaensis (249005 249006 249007 249008 250398 250399)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Belize (Toledo) Truncorotalia sp. (217172 217173)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333South Pacific Truncorotalia juanai (268980 268981 269607)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Atlantic Globorotalia crassula (260249)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Pacific Truncorotalia crassaconica (255764 255765) Truncorotalia crassula (255762) Truncorotalia crassula, Truncorotalia tosaensis (255763)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Indian Ocean Truncorotalia tosaensis, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (257590)
NN418.0 - 14.9North Pacific Globorotalia crassula (253089 253090)
NN118.25 - 5.6South Atlantic Globorotalia crassula (256184 256198 256199 256205 256206 256207)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0Indian Ocean Globorotalia tosaensis (257839)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Atlantic Truncorotalia tosaensis, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (262063) Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (262059 262060)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean Globorotalia tosaensis (245914 245915 245916 245917 245920 254700)
NN210.29 - 0.0South Pacific Globorotalia tosaensis (243516 243517 243518 243519 243520 244246 244247 244248 244249)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Globorotalia tosaensis (244506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Globorotalia tosaensis (252181 253115)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific Truncorotalia crassacarina, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (268786) Truncorotalia crassacarina, Truncorotalia viola, Truncorotalia crassula, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (268783) Truncorotalia crassacarina, Truncorotalia viola, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (268784 268785) Truncorotalia crassula, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (268769 268770 268774 268775 268778 268779 268780) Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (268776) Truncorotalia viola, Truncorotalia crassula, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (268771 268772 268773 268777 268781 268782) Truncorotalia viola, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (268768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic Truncorotalia cavernula, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (267950) Truncorotalia crassula, Truncorotalia tosaensis (267957) Truncorotalia tosaensis (267014 267951 267952 267954) Truncorotalia tosaensis, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (267002 267003 267005 267008 267009 267013 267016 267017 267019 267947 267948 267949 267958 267959 267961 267962) Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (262183 265930 265931 265932 265933 265934 267000 267001 267004 267006 267010 267012 267015 267018 267020 267021 267946 267953 267955 267956 267960 267963 267964)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Pacific Truncorotalia crassula, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (268767)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Pacific Globorotalia crassula (251904) Globorotalia tosaensis (264828) Truncorotalia crassula, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (243960) Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (268804 269114) Truncorotalia viola, Truncorotalia crassula, Truncorotalia truncatulinoides (268766)