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Rotaliida ✝

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Heterostegina ocalana ocalana

Center Hill Quarry, Sumter County, Florida, USA

Nummulites sp.

Agost, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Nummulites sp.

Agost, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Heterostegina ocalana ocalana

Center Hill Quarry, Sumter County, Florida, USA

Nummulites sp.

Agost, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Nummulites sp.

Agost, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Heterostegina ocalana ocalana

Center Hill Quarry, Sumter County, Florida, USA

Nummulites sp.

Agost, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Description

The Rotaliida are an order of Foraminifera, characterized by multilocular tests (shells) composed of bilamellar perforate hyaline lamellar calcite that may be optically radial or granular.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotaliida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7692889	https://www.gbif.org/species/7692889
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	279579	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=279579

Rank

order

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Rotaliida

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
phylum	Foraminifera
order	Rotaliida	Delage and Herouard 1896

Scientific Name

Rotaliida

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rotaliida	order	belongs to Foraminifera	stated with evidence	Morycowa and Olszewska, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Motility

stationary (based on Foraminifera)

Diet

omnivore (based on Foraminifera)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. Morycowa and B. Olszewska. 2013. Foraminiferal assemblage in the coral-bearing limestones of the Vršatec area (Pieniny Klippen Belt, Western Carpathians, Slovakia). Geologica Carpathica 64(1):63-69

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotaliida

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Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Acervulinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		125	151 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Alabaminidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		39	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Almaenidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ammoniidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amphisteginidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		125	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Annulopatellinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Anomalinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		41	242 Ma Middle Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Asterigerinatidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asterigerinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		76	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Asterocyclinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	59.2 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Bagginidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		115	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Biedafranciszkinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bisacciidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bolivinellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bolivinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		231	190 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Bolivinitidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Bolivinoididae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bolkarinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Boreloididae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bronnimanniidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bueningiidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Buliminellidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Buliminidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		243	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Buliminoididae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Calcarinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		39	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Cancrisidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Candeinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		164	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Cassidulinitidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassigerinellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Catapsydracidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Caucasinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Chapmaninidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheilochanidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chiloguembelinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		49	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	27.3 Ma Oligocene
Chilostomellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		284	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Cibicididae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		711	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Coleitidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conoglobigerinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conorbinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cymbaloporidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Delosinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Discocyclinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		90	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	37.2 Ma Eocene
Discorbidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		262	190 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Discorbinellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Droogerinellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ellipsoidinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	41.3 Ma Eocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Elphidiellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elphidiidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		407	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Eoglobigerinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eouvigerinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistomariidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Eponididae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		109	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Favusellidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gavelinellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		201	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Glabratellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Globigerinelloididae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		362	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Globigerinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2,042	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Globigerinitidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Globorotaliidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		682	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Globorotalitidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Globotruncanidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		879	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	48.6 Ma Eocene
Globuligerinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Guembelitriidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		620	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Hantkeninidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hastigerinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haynesinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hedbergellidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		634	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	1.81 Ma Pleistocene
Heleninidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heronalleniidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heterohelicidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1,516	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Heterolepidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		210	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Homotrematidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		150	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Hooperellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Karreriidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lacosteinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lepidocyclinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		162	58.7 Ma Paleocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Lepidorbitoididae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Linderinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Louisianinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Loxostomatidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lublinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melonidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Menaellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Millettiidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Miogypsinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Miscellaneidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mississippinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Murrayinellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nonionidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		529	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Notorotaliidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nummulitidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		612	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Orbitoididae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		76	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	11.6 Ma Miocene
Orduellinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pannellainidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pappinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pavoninidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pegidiidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pellatispiridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	37.2 Ma Eocene
Placentulinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Planomalinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Planorbulinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		77	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Planulinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Planulinoididae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurostomellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Praehedbergellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeplanctonidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudoparrellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudorbitoididae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pulleniatinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Quadrimorphinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Reussellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Rosalinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		54	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Rotaliellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Rotaliidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		818	242 Ma Middle Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Rotaliporidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		38	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rugoglobigerinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		535	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Schackoinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphogenerinoididae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Siphoninidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Sphaerogerinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sphaeroidinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spirotectinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stainforthiidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Svratkinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tortoplectellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tosaidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tosaiidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tremachoridae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichohyalidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trimosinidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Truncorotaloididae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	56.0 Ma Paleocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Turrilinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Ungulatellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Uvigerinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		201	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Victoriellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Virgulinellidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1896	Rotaliida Delage and Herouard
2013	Rotaliida Morycowa and Olszewska

References

Morycowa E., Olszewska B. (2013) Foraminiferal assemblage in the coral-bearing limestones of the Vršatec area (Pieniny Klippen Belt, Western Carpathians, Slovakia), Geologica Carpathica 64 1, 63-69

Schweizer, M., Pawlowski, J., Kouwenhoven, T.J., Guiard, J. & van der Zwaan, B. (2008) Molecular phylogeny of Rotaliida (Foraminifera) based on complete small subunit rDNA sequences. Marine Micropaleontology 66: 233-246. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

WoRMS (2013) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Polovodova Asteman, I. (2013) Benthic foraminifera from Gullmar Fjord (Alsbäck). 2 excel files: Forams_for LIFEWATCH_2013-02-21 v2 WORMS-checked again.xlsx; Forams_for LIFEWATCH_2013-02-21 v2.xlsx - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

The Taxonomicon - via World Register of Marine Species

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2017). An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. Marine Micropaleontology. - via World Register of Marine Species

The Taxonomicon - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2017). An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. Marine Micropaleontology. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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