Truncorotaloididae

Truncorotaloididae is a family of foraminifera belonging to the superfamily Globorotalioidea in the suborder Globigerinina and the order Rotaliida.[1] It is found in marine sediments from the middle Paleocene to the upper Eocene.[2]

Truncorotaloididae
Temporal range: Paleocene - Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Retaria
Infraphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Rotaliida
Suborder: Globigerinina
Superfamily: Globorotalioidea
Family: Truncorotaloididae
Loeblich & Tappan, 1961
Genera

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Genera

The family contains the following genera:[1]

  • Acarinina
  • Astrorotalia
  • Igorina
  • Morozovella
  • Morozovelloides
  • Planorotalites
  • Praemurica
  • Testacarinata

References

  1. Truncorotaloididae, World Foraminifera Database, accessed 27 November 2018
  2. Loeblich; Tappan (2015). Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification. Springer. p. 478.


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