
Belongs within: Globorotaliida.
The Globotruncanidae are an Upper Cretaceous family of planktonic foraminiferans (Loeblich & Tappan 1964).
Characters (Loeblich & Tappan 1964): Test trochospiral, chambers spherical to angular, commonly truncate or keeled; primary aperture umbilical, covered by spiral system of tegilla, with accessory intralaminal and infralaminal apertures.
Globotruncanidae
|--Sigalitruncana Korchagin 1982HW93
|--Gansserina Caron et al. 1984HW93
|--Kassabiana Salaj & Solakius 1984HW93
|--Abathomphalus Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan 1957LT64 [AbathomphalinaeM13]
| `--*A. mayaroensis (Bolli 1951) [=Globotruncana mayaroensis]LT64
|--Plummerita Brönnimann 1952 [=Plummerella Brönnimann 1952 non de Long 1942]LT64
| `--*P. hantkeninoides (Brönnimann 1952) [=Rugoglobigerina (*Plummerella) hantkeninoides]LT64
|--Globotruncanella Reiss 1957LT64 [GlobotruncanellinaeM13]
| `--‘Globotruncana’ havanensis Voorwijk 1937 [incl. Globotruncana citae Bolli 1951, *Globotruncanella citae]LT64
|--Archaeoglobigerina Pessagno 1967HW93 [ArchaeoglobigerininaeM13]
| |--A. australis Huber 1990FM03
| `--A. mateola Huber 1990FM03
`--Globotruncana Cushman 1927LT64 (see below for synonymy)
|--*G. arca (Cushman 1927) [=Pulvinulina arca]LT64
|--G. calcarataC40
|--‘Rugotruncana’ circumnodifer Finlay 1940FM03
|--G. concavataK79
|--G. confusaK79
|--G. elevataK79 [=Globotruncanita elevataM08]
|--G. gansseriK79
|--G. linneiana (d’Orbigny 1839)C40, LT64 [=Rosalina linneianaLT64, *Rosalinella linneianaLT64]
|--G. renziK79
|--G. scutillaK79
|--G. sigaliK79
|--G. stuarti (de Lapparent 1918)K79, LT64 [=Rosalina stuartiLT64, *Globotruncanita stuartiLT64]
|--G. stuartiformisK79
|--G. subspinosaK79
|--G. ticinensis Gandolfi 1942 [=*Praerotalipora ticinensis]LT64
|--G. tilevi (Brönnimann & Brown 1956) [=*Rugotruncana tilevi]LT64
|--G. tricarinataM08
`--G. truncatulinoidesP98
Globotruncana Cushman 1927LT64 [incl. Globotruncanita Reiss 1957LT64, Praerotalipora Salaj & Samuel in Scheibnerova 1962 (n. n.)LT64, Rosalinella Marie 1941LT64, Rugotruncana Brönnimann & Brown 1956LT64; GlobotruncaninaeM13]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[C40] Cushman, J. A. 1940. Foraminifera: Their classification and economic use 3rd ed. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).
[FM03] Friedrich, O., & K. J. S. Meier. 2003. Stable isotope indication for the cyst formation depth of Campanian/Maastrichtian calcareous dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology 49 (4): 375–380.
[HW93] Hart, M. B., & C. L. Williams. 1993. Protozoa. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 43–70. Chapman & Hall: London.
[K79] Kauffman, E. G. 1979. Cretaceous. In: Robison, R. A., & C. Teichert (eds) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt A. Introduction. Fossilisation (Taphonomy), Biogeography and Biostratigraphy pp. A418–A487. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas: Lawrence (Kansas).
[LT64] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1964. 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.
[M08] McMillan, I. K. 2008. Reappraisal of foraminiferal assemblages of the Santonian–Campanian Mzamba Formation type section, and their correlation with the stratigraphic succession of the KwaZulu Basin. African Natural History 4: 25–34.
[M13] Mikhalevich, V. I. 2013. New insight into the systematics and evolution of the Foraminifera. Micropaleontology 59 (6): 493–527.
[P98] Prothero, D. R. 1998. Bringing Fossils to Life: An introduction to paleobiology. WCB McGraw-Hill: Boston.