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Rotalipora

Rotaliporidae

Taxonomy
Rotalipora was named by Brotzen (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-m K Turo].

It was assigned to Rotaliporinae by Pessagno (1967); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rotaliporidae by Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Rotalipora Brotzen
1967Rotalipora Pessagno p. 289
2002Rotalipora Sepkoski
2003Rotalipora Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderGlobigerininaDelage and Herouard 1896
familyRotaliporidaeSigal 1958
genusRotalipora

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. †Rotalipora Brotzen 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: planktonicsubo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:28:24
Modified: 2007-11-25 09:28:24
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 105.30000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5France (Provence) R. ticinensis (56822)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Spain R. ticinensis (184482)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Tunisia R. ticinensis (56815 56816)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt R. brotzeni (138408 138415)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Salerno ) R. sp. (138427)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) R. reicheli (78586)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon (Kesrouâne) R. sp. (86185)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Slovakia R. deeckei (87241)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) R. montsalvensis (78588) R. reicheli (78592)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Late/Upper Turonian99.6 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) R. globotruncanoides (179874)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) R. montsalvensis, R. ticinensis (179882) R. spp. (179309)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Mexico R. sp. (42274)