Qataria

Qataria
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
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.

Qataria is known from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Cenomanian or Turonian) of the Qatar peninsula, Arabia, where first found.

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