Foraminifera name details
Orbitolina tibetica Cotter, 1929 †
922778 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:922778)
unaccepted > superseded combination (Opinion of Zhang (1984), Schlagintweit and Le Coze (2023))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cotter, G. de P. (1929). Some Orbitolinae from Tibet. <em>Records of the Geological Survey of India.</em> 61(4): 350-357. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Orbitolina tibetica Cotter, 1929 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=922778 on 2026-09-04
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Cotter, G. de P. (1929). Some Orbitolinae from Tibet. <em>Records of the Geological Survey of India.</em> 61(4): 350-357. [details]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
source of synonymy Schroeder, R. (1963). Palorbitolina, ein neues Subgenus der Gattung Orbitolina (Foram.). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen.</em> 117: 346-359.
note: Included in the synonymy of Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805). [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Schlagintweit, F.; Le Coze, F. (2023). Orbitolina tibetica Cotter, 1929 and Tibetella tibetica Zhang, 1994: Taxonomic review of two 'lost' orbitolinids (Foraminifera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Tibet. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 81: 100748., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2023.100748
note: Lectotype designation. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
source of synonymy Schroeder, R. (1963). Palorbitolina, ein neues Subgenus der Gattung Orbitolina (Foram.). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen.</em> 117: 346-359.
note: Included in the synonymy of Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805). [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Schlagintweit, F.; Le Coze, F. (2023). Orbitolina tibetica Cotter, 1929 and Tibetella tibetica Zhang, 1994: Taxonomic review of two 'lost' orbitolinids (Foraminifera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Tibet. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 81: 100748., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2023.100748
note: Lectotype designation. [details] Available for editors
[request]