Qataria

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{{Short description|Genus of single-celled organisms}}

{{Taxobox

| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous

| domain = Eukaryota

| unranked_regnum = SAR

| unranked_subregnum = Rhizaria

| phylum = Retaria

| subphylum = Foraminifera

| classis = Textulariia

| ordo = Loftusiida

| familia = Spirocyclinidae

| genus = Qataria

| genus_authority = 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gsi.ir/General/Lang_en/Page_48/Action_FirstPageView |title=Qataria in GSI Paleontology |access-date=21 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127042810/http://www.gsi.ir/General/Lang_en/Page_48/Action_FirstPageView |archive-date=27 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}A.R.Loeblich & H.Tappan 1964. Sarcodina, Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C, Protista 2 Related genera include Haurania Spiraloconulus and Saudia, also members of the Spirocyclinidae.

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