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.[1][2] Related genera include Haurania Spiraloconulus and Saudia, also members of the Spirocyclinidae.
| Qataria Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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| Genus: | Qataria Henson, 1948
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Qataria is known from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Cenomanian or Turonian) of the Qatar peninsula, Arabia, where first found.
References
edit- ^ "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