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Orbitolites

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae

Taxonomy
Orbitolites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Orbitolitinae by Cushman (1927); to Soritinae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Soritidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Orbitolites Cushman p. 57
1988Orbitolites Loeblich and Tappan
2002Orbitolites Sepkoski
2003Orbitolites Kiessling

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

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