Set number: 1049

  • Reticulofenestra celticus 995 1 1
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 995 6 2
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1140 13 3
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1140 28 4
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1156 15 5
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1156 25 6
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1178 11 7
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1237 17 8
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1149 9 9
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1133 5 10
    10µm
Reticulofenestra dictyoda

Fig 1. Antalya-Manavgat Road, Turkey, Late Miocene, Coccosphere: 8.8µm, Coccoliths: 5.4µm; Fig 2. Antalya-Manavgat Road, Turkey, Late Miocene, Coccosphere: 13.2µm, Coccoliths: 6.2µm; Fig 3. Malta, Middle Miocene, Coccosphere: 10.9µm, Coccoliths: 6.2µm; Fig 4. Malta, Middle Miocene, Coccosphere: 12.5µm, Coccoliths: 6.6µm; Fig 5. Malta, Middle Miocene, Coccosphere: 10.5µm, Coccoliths: 5.9µm; Fig 6. Malta, Middle Miocene, Coccosphere: 7.8µm, Coccoliths: 4.1µm; Fig 7. Antalya-Manavgat Road, Turkey, Late Miocene, Coccosphere: 10.1µm, Coccoliths: 6.3µm; Fig 8. Malta, Middle Miocene, Coccosphere: 7.7µm, Coccoliths: 4.8µm; Fig 9. Adana Basin, Turkey, Late Miocene, Coccosphere: 13.7µm, Coccoliths: 4.7µm; Fig 10. Malta, Middle Miocene, Coccosphere: 9.8µm, Coccoliths: 4.6µm;

Set number: 1050

  • Reticulofenestra celticus 877 3 1
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 890 3 2
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1104 6 3
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1156 18 4
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1156 20 5
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1229 5 6
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1229 7 7
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1229 18 8
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 938 19 9
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 938 7 10
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1263 21 11
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1263 9 12
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1075 11 13
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1152 10 14
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1155 17 15
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 943 1 16
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1263 7 17
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1263 28 18
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1263 27 19
Reticulofenestra dictyoda

Fig 1. Antakya, Hatay, Turkey, Middle Mioecene, 4.1µm: Fig 2. Antakya, Hatay, Turkey, Middle Mioecene, 4.5µm: Fig 3. Adana Basin, Turkey, Late Miocene, 5.2µm: Fig 4. Malta, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 5.2µm: Fig 5. Malta, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 6.2µm: Fig 6. Malta, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 4.4µm: Fig 7. Malta, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 4.8µm: Fig 8. Malta, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 4.0µm: Fig 9. Malta, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 6.2µm; Fig 10. Malta, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 5.4µm; Fig 11. Silifke, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 5.3µm; Fig 12. Silifke, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 5.4µm; Fig 13. Adana Basin, Turkey, Late Miocene, 5.4µm; Fig 14. Malta, Middle Miocene, 4.6µm; Fig 15. Adana Basin, Turkey, Late Miocene, 4.8µm; Fig 16. Malta, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 4.8µm; Fig 17. Silifke, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 5.8µm; Figs 18-19. Silifke, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 5.3µm

Set number: 1051

  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1133 18 1
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1140 8 2
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1140 14 3
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1104 1 4
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1473 12 5
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 947 7 6
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 922 22 7
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 947 29 8
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 947 4 9
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1177 6 10
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1263 22 11
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1263 23 12
Reticulofenestra dictyoda

Fig 1. Malta, Middle Miocene, 4.7µm; Fig 2. Malta, Middle Miocene, 5.2µm; Fig 3. Malta, Middle Miocene, 5.3µm; Fig 4. Adana Basin, Turkey, Late Miocene, 6.2µm; Fig 5. Antalya Basin, Turkey, Early Pliocene, 5.6µm; Fig 6. Malta, Middle Miocene, 6.1µm; Fig 7. Mut Basin, Turkey, Early Miocene, 6.1µm; Fig 8. Malta, Middle Miocene, 6.1µm; Fig 9. Malta, Middle Miocene, 6.1µm; Fig 10. Malta, Middle Miocene, 6.4µm; Fig 11. Silifke, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 5.3µm; Fig 12. Silifke, Turkey, Middle Miocene, 5.3µm

Final Epithet
Reticulofenestra dictyoda (Deflandre & Fert, 1954) Stradner in Stradner & Edwards, 1968
Basionym

Discolithus dictyodus Deflandre & Fert, 1954

Synonyms

Width of the central area > width of pelaga

Coccolithus celticus Black, 1962

Coccolithus tenuistriatus Kamptner, 1963 [Holotype: 6.1µm; Type level: Oligocene]

Apertapetra samodurovii Hay, Mohler & Wade, 1966 [Holotype: 5.9µm; Type level: Late Eocene]

Coccolithus bryonalis Reinhardt, 1967 [Holotype: 6.0µm; Type level: Eocene 5]

Coccolithus minutulus Gartner, 1967 [Holotype: 4.4µm; Type level: Neogene]

Reticulofenestra francofurtana Best & Müller, 1972 [Holotype: 4.5µm; Type level: Late Miocene]

Reticulofenestra excavata Lehotayová, 1975 [Holotype: 6.0µm; Type level: Early Miocene]

Reticulofenestra moorei Bown & Dunkley Jones, 2012 [Holotype: 6.8µm; Type level: Oligocene]

Variants

Width of the central area < width of pelaga

Coccolithus hantoniensis Hodson & West 1970 [Holotype: 5.8µm; Type level: Eocene]

Reticulofenestra prebisecta Aubry, 1983 [Holotype: 5.2µm; Type level: Middle Eocene], very narrow central area

Reticulofenestra donghaiensis Wang & Huang, 1989 [Holotype: 4,5µm; Type level: Middle Eocene]

Reticulofenestra lingfengensis Wang & Huang 1989 [Holotype: 5.0m; Type level: Middle Eocene]

Reticulofenestra ampla Sato et al., 1991 [Holotype: 6.6µm; Type level: Miocene-Late Pliocene]

Description

Medium size (4.0-7.0µm) species of Reticulofenestra.

References

Aubry, M. -P., (1983): Biostratigraphie du Paléogène épicontinental de l'Europe du Nord-Ouest. Étude Fondée sur les Nannofossiles Calcaires. - Documents des laboratories de géologie Lyon. 89: 1-317.

Best, G. & Müller, C., (1972): Nannoplankton-Lagen im Unter-Miozan von Frankfurt am Main. - Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 53(1-2): 103-117.

Bown, P. R. & Dunkley Jones, T., (2012): Calcareous nannofossils from the Paleogene equatorial Pacific (IODP Expedition 320 Sites U1331-1334). - Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 32(2): 3-51.

Deflandre, G. & Fert, C., (1954): Observations sur les coccolithophoridés actuels et fossiles en microscopie ordinaire et électronique. - Annales de Paléontologie. 40: 115-176.

Gartner, S., (1967): Calcareous nannofossils from Neogene of Trinidad, Jamaica, and Gulf of Mexico. - University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Papers. 29: 1-7.

Hay, W. W., Mohler, H. P. & Wade, M. E., (1966): Calcareous nannofossils from Nal'chik (northwest Caucasus). - Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 59: 379-399.

Kamptner, E., (1963): Coccolithineen-Skelettreste aus Tiefseeablagerungen des Pazifischen Ozeans. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 66: 139-204.

Reinhardt, P., (1967): Fossile Coccolithen mit rhagoidem Zentralfeld (Fam. Ahmuellerellaceae, Subord. Coccolithineae). - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 1967: 163-178.

Sato, T., Kameo, K. & Takayama, T., (1991): Coccolith biostratigraphy of the Arabian Sea. - Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 117: 37-54.

Wang, C. & Huang, W., (1989): Calcareous nannofossils. - Geol. Pub. House, Beijing. 202-252.