Set number: 1008

  • Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus 27460 1
  • Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus 27463 2
  • Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus 27464 3
  • Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus 27468 4
  • Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus 27461 5
  • Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus 27462 6
  • Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus 27465 7
  • Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus 27467 8
    10µm
Reticulofenestra pelycomorpha, Middle Miocene, Malta

Set number: 1099

  • Pelycomorphus1 1
    5µm
Reticulofenestra pelycomorpha

Set number: 1058

  • Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus 1178 16 1
    5µm
Reticulofenestra pelycomorpha, Late Miocene, Antalya-Manavgat Road, Turkey
Final Epithet
Reticulofenestra pelycomorpha (Reinhardt, 1966) de Kaenel in de Kaenel & Mojon, 2023
Basionym

Coccolithus pelycomorphus Reinhardt, 1966a

Synonyms

Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus (Reinhardt, 1966a) Perch-Nielsen, 1985; Invalid ICN Art. 41.5

Dimensions Of Holotype

Length: 12.0µm

Description

Large [10.0 - 14.0 µm], elliptical species of Reiculofenestra Hay, Mohler & Wade (1966) having distinctly wide tube cycle.

Remarks

Reticulofenestra pelycomorpha differs from similar-sized Reticulofenestra caucasica Hay, Mohler & Wade (1966) by having a very wide tube cycle.

References

De Kaenel, E. & Mojon, P. -O. 2023. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Eocene/Oligocene boundary (Zones NP19–21) in the parautochthonous Subalpine UMM of the Swiss Molasse Basin (Canton Fribourg, Western Switzerland). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 41(2): 64-96.

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

Perch-Nielsen, K. 1985. Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils. In: Bolli, H. M., Saunders, J. B. & Perch-Nielsen, K. (Eds): Plankton Stratigraphy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 427-555.

Reinhardt, P. 1966a. Fossile Vertreter coronoider und styloider Coccolithen (Family Coccolithaceae Poche 1913). Monatsberichte der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 8: 513-524.