Genus of single-celled organisms
| Qataria Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | SAR |
| (unranked): | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Textulariia |
| Order: | Loftusiida |
| Family: | Spirocyclinidae |
| Genus: | Qataria Henson, 1948 |
Qataria is a genus of large benthic forams with a discoidal test over 6mm in diameter fully developed. The interior is complex with chambers divided into chamberlets. The wall is of microgranular calcite. Related genera include Haurania Spiraloconulus and Saudia, also members of the Spirocyclinidae.
Qataria is known from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Cenomanian or Turonian) of the Qatar peninsula, Arabia, where first found.
References
- "Qataria in GSI Paleontology". Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- A.R.Loeblich & H.Tappan 1964. Sarcodina, Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C, Protista 2
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Qataria | |