''Qataria'' is a genus of large

benthic The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. The name comes from ancient Greek, βένθος (bénthos), meaning "t ...

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.A.R.Loeblich & H.Tappan 1964. Sarcodina, Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C, Protista 2 Related genera include ''

Haurania ''Haurania'' is a genus of elongated, finely agglutinated benthic foraminifera included in the Spirocyclinidae. The test is free, starting with a brief planispiral coil followed by a straight uncoiled stage. The exterior is imperforate, the inter ...

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Spiraloconulus ''Spiraloconulus'' is a genus of middle Jurassic foram Foraminifera (; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of amoeboid protists characterized by streaming granula ...

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'', also members of the

Spirocyclinidae Spirocyclinidae is a family of foraminifera included in the order Loftusiida. Tests are variably discoidal, aggulitinated with calcareous or microgranular cement. Interiors are complex with chambers partially subdivided. Walls and septa are pier ...

. ''Qataria'' is known from the Upper Cretaceous (upper

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

Turonian The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded by t ...

) of the Qatar peninsula, Arabia, where first found.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q22285307 Loftusiida Prehistoric Foraminifera genera