Rotaliidae

Pararotalia nipponica, from here.

Belongs within: Rotaliida.

The Rotaliidae are a group of trochospiral Foraminifera known from the Upper Cretaceous to the present (Loeblich & Tappan 1964b).

Characters (from Loeblich & Tappan 1964b): Test trochospiral throughout; with radial canals or fissures and intraseptal and subsutural canals.

<==Rotaliidae
    |--Rupertininae [Rupertiidae] LT64b
    |    |--Rupertina Loeblich & Tappan 1961 [=Rupertia Wallich 1877 non Gray 1865] LT64b
    |    |    `--*R. stabilis (Wallich 1877) [=*Rupertia stabilis] LT64b
    |    `--Biarritzina Loeblich & Tappan 1964 [=Columella Halkyard 1918 non Westerlund 1878] LT64b
    |         `--*B. carpenteriaeformis (Halkyard 1918) [=*Columella carpenteriaeformis] LT64b
    |--Pegidiinae [Pegidiidae] LT64a
    |    |--Pegidia Heron-Allen & Earland 1928 C40
    |    |    `--*P. dubia (d’Orbigny 1826) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
    |    `--Sphaeridia Heron-Allen & Earland 1928 C40
    |         `--*S. papillata Heron-Allen & Earland 1928 C40
    |--Chapmanininae LT64b
    |    |--Crespinina Wade 1955 LT64b
    |    |    `--*C. kingscotensis Wade 1965 LT64b
    |    |--Ferayina Frizzell 1949 LT64b
    |    |    `--*F. coralliformis Frizzell 1949 LT64b
    |    |--Chapmanina Silvestri 1931 (see below for synonymy) LT64b
    |    |    |--*C. gassinensis (Silvestri 1905) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
    |    |    `--C. galea (Silvestri 1923) [=Chapmania galea, *Preverina galea] LT64b
    |    `--Sherbornina Chapman 1922 LT64b
    |         |--*S. atkinsoni Chapman 1922 C40
    |         `--S. crassata Q72
    |--Cuvillierininae LT64a
    |    |--Cuvillierina Debourle 1955 LT64b
    |    |    `--C. vallensis (Ruiz de Gaona 1948) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
    |    |--Arnaudiella Douvillé 1907 LT64b
    |    |    `--*A. grossouvrei Douvillé 1907 C40
    |    |--Crespinella Parr 1942 LT64b
    |    |    `--*C. umbonifera (Howchin & Parr 1938) [=Operculina umbonifera] LT64b
    |    |--Fissoelphidium Smout 1955 LT64b
    |    |    `--*F. operculiferum Smout 1955 LT64b
    |    |--Penoperculoides Cole & Gravell 1952 [=Penoperculinoides Hanzawa 1962] LT64b
    |    |    `--*P. cubensis Cole & Gravell 1952 LT64b
    |    |--Pokornyellina Loeblich & Tappan 1964 (see below for synonymy) LT64b
    |    |    `--*P. douvillei (Abrard 1926) [=*Siderina douvillei, *Pokornyella douvillei] LT64b
    |    |--Pseudosiderolites Smout 1955 LT64b
    |    |    `--*P. vidali (Douvillé 1907) [=Siderolites vidali] LT64b
    |    |--Pseudowoodella Haque 1956 LT64b
    |    |    `--*P. mamilligera Haque 1956 LT64b
    |    |--Storrsella Drooger 1960 LT64b
    |    |    `--*S. haasteri (van den Bold 1946) [=Cibicides haasteri] LT64b
    |    |--Daviesina Smout 1954 [incl. Miscellanoides Sander 1962] LT64b
    |    |    |--*D. khatiyahi Smout 1954 LT64b
    |    |    `--‘*Miscellanoides’ bramkampi Sander 1962] LT64b
    |    `--Thalmannita Bermúdez 1952 [incl. Ornatanomalina Haque 1956] LT64a
    |         |--*T. madrugaensis (Cushman & Bermúdez 1947) [=Rotalia madrugaensis] LT64b
    |         |--‘*Ornatanomalina’ geei Haque 1956 LT64b
    |         `--T. hafeezi LT64b
    `--Rotaliinae LT64a
         |--Asanoina Finlay 1939 C40
         |    `--*A. globosa (Yabe & Asano 1937) [=Rotaliatina globosa] LT64b
         |--Sakesaria Davies in Davies & Pinfold 1937 LT64b
         |    `--*S. cotteri Davies in Davies & Pinfold 1937 LT64b
         |--Dictyoconoides Nuttall 1925 [=Conulites Carter 1861 nec Fischer de Waldheim 1832 nec Cozzens 1846] LT64b
         |    `--*D. cooki (Carter 1861) [=*Conulites cooki] LT64b
         |--Asterorotalia Hofker 1950 LT64b
         |    `--*A. pulchella (d’Orbigny in de la Sagra 1839) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
         |--Dictyokathina Smout 1954 LT64b
         |    `--*D. simplex Smout 1954 LT64b
         |--Kathina Smout 1954 LT64b
         |    `--*K. delseata Smout 1954 LT64b
         |--Pseudorotalia Reiss & Merling 1958 LT64b
         |    `--*P. schroeteriana (Carpenter, Parker & Jones 1862) [=Rotalia schroeteriana] LT64b
         |--Smoutina Drooger 1960 LT64b
         |    `--*S. cruysi Drooger 1960 LT64b
         |--Lockhartia Davies 1932 C40
         |    |--*L. haimei (Davies 1927) [=Dictyoconoides haimei] LT64b
         |    `--L. conditi C40
         |--Rotalia Lamarck 1804 C40 [=Rotalina de Blainville 19828 LT64b]
         |    |--*R. trochidiformis (Lamarck 1804) [=Rotalites trochidiformis] LT64b
         |    |--R. beccarii [incl. R. beccarii var. parkinsoniana] LT64a
         |    |--R. calcar H04
         |    |--R. clathrata Brady 1884 LJ98
         |    `--R. pulchella d’Orbigny 1826 LT64b
         |--Ammonia Brünnich 1772 (see below for synonymy) LT64b
         |    |--A. beccarii (Linnaeus 1758) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
         |    |--‘*Discorbula’ ariminensis Lamarck 1816 LT64b
         |    |--‘Rotalia’ japonica Hada 1931 LT64b
         |    |--A. pacifica (Asano 1936) [=*Rotalidium pacificum] LT64b
         |    |--‘Rotalia’ rolshauseni Cushman & Bermúdez 1946 [=*Rolshausenia rolshauseni] LT64b
         |    `--A. tepida (Cushman 1926) [=Rotalia beccarii var. tepida] H03
         `--Pararotalia Le Calvez 1949 [incl. Neorotalia Bermúdez 1952, Woodella Haque 1956] LT64b
              |--*P. inermis (Terquem 1882) [=Rotalia inermis] LT64b
              |--‘Rotalia’ capdevilensis [incl. *Woodella granosa Haque 1956] LT64b
              |--P. mexicana (Nuttall 1928) [=Rotalia mexicana, *Neorotalia mexicana] LT64b
              |--P. nammalensis LT64b
              |--P. nipponica JW99
              |--P. perclara (Loeblich & Tappan 1957) [=Globorotalia perclara] MO81
              `--P. stellata (de Férussac 1827) S05

Ammonia Brünnich 1772 [=Hammonium Fichtel & Moll 1798, Streblus Fischer 1817, Turbinulina Risso 1826; incl. Discorbula Lamarck 1816, Rolshausenia Bermúdez 1952, Rotalidium Asano 1936] LT64b

Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus 1758) [=Nautilus beccarii, *Hammonium beccarii, *Streblus beccarii, *Turbinulina beccarii] LT64b

*Asterorotalia pulchella (d’Orbigny in de la Sagra 1839) [=Calcarina pulchella non Rotalia pulchella d’Orbigny 1826 (not preoc. if in dif. gen.), Pulvinulina pulchella, Rotalia trispinosa Thalmann 1933] LT64b

Chapmanina Silvestri 1931 [=Archapmanoum Rhumbler 1913, Chapmania Silvestri & Prever in Silvestri 1904 non Monticelli 1893; incl. Preverina Frizzell 1949] LT64b

*Chapmanina gassinensis (Silvestri 1905) [=*Chapmania gassinensis, *Archapmanoum gassinicoum Rhumbler 1913] LT64b

Cuvillierina vallensis (Ruiz de Gaona 1948) [=Laffitteina vallensis; incl. *C. eocenica Debourle 1955, L. vanbelleni Grimsdale 1952] LT64b

*Pegidia dubia (d’Orbigny 1826) [=Rotalia dubia; incl. P. papillata Heron-Allen & Earland in Heron-Allen & Barnard 1918] LT64b

Pokornyellina Loeblich & Tappan 1964 [=Pokornyella Loeblich & Tappan 1961 non Oertli 1956, Siderina Abrard 1926 non Dana 1848] LT64b

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[C40] Cushman, J. A. 1940. Foraminifera: Their classification and economic use 3^rd ed. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.

[H03] Hanagata, S. 2003. Miocene-Pliocene Foraminifera from the Niigata oil-fields region, northeastern Japan. Micropaleontology 49 (4): 293–340.

[JW99] Jian, Z.-M., L.-J. Wang, M. Kienast, M. Sarnthein, W. Kuhnt, H.-L. Lin & P.-X. Wang. 1999. Benthic foraminiferal paleoceanography of the South China Sea over the last 40,000 years. Marine Geology 156: 159–186.

[LJ98] Li, Q., N. P. James, B. McGowran, Y. Bone & J. Cann. 1998. Synergetic influence of water masses and Kangaroo Island barrier on foraminiferal distribution, Lincoln and Lacepede shelves, South Australia: a synthesis. Alcheringa 22 (2): 153–176.

[LT64a] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1964a. Sarcodina: chiefly “thecamoebians” and Foraminiferida. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt C. Protista 2 vol. 1. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press.

[LT64b] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1964b. Sarcodina: chiefly “thecamoebians” and Foraminiferida. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt C. Protista 2 vol. 2. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press.

[MO81] Mancini, E. A., & G. E. Oliver. 1981. Planktic foraminifers from the Tuscahoma Sand (upper Paleocene) of southwest Alabama. Micropaleontology 27 (2): 204–225.

[Q72] Quilty, P. G. 1972. The biostratigraphy of the Tasmanian marine Tertiary. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 106: 25–44.

[S05] Semeniuk, T. A. 2005. Fossil foraminiferal assemblages from Pleistocene seagrass-bank deposits of the southern Perth Basin, Western Australia, and their palaeotemperature implications. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 88 (4): 177–190.