Reticulofenestra simillimus
Set number: 1062
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Set number: 1052
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Fig 1. Malta, Middle Miocene, Coccosphere 6.7µm, Coccolith 2.8µm; Fig Fig 2. Antalya Basin, Early Pliocene, Coccosphere 6.8µm, Coccolith 3.7µm; Fig 3. Adana Basin Turkey, Late Miocene, Coccosphere 4.7µm, Coccolith 2.3µm
Set number: 1048
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Fig 1. Silifke, Middle Miocene, Turkey 4µm; Fig 2. Malta, Middle Miocene, 1.8µm; Fig 3. Antalya Basin, Early Pliocene, 3.8µm; Fig 4. Antalya Basin, Early Pliocene 2.1µm; Fig 5. Malta, Middle Miocene 2.6µm; Fig 6. Malta, Middle Miocene 2.0µm
Discolithus simillimus Deflandre & Fert, 1954
Diameter of the central area > width of pelaga
Discolithus alimaniensis Deflandre & Fert, 1954 [Holotype: 2.6µm; Type level: Oligocene]
Cyathosphaera martinii Hay & Towe, 1962 [Holotype: 2.2µm; Type level: Early Eocene]
Coccolithus joensuui Roth & Hay in Hay et al., 1967 [Holotype: 2.8µm; Type level: Oligocene]
Reticulofenestra pectinata Roth, 1970 [Holotype: 3.5µm; Type level: Oligocene]
Reticulofenestra inclinata Roth, 1970 [Holotype: 3.8µm; Type level: Oligocene]
Reticulofenestra gabrielae Roth, 1970 [Holotype: 1.8µm; Type level: Oligocene]
Crenalithus parvulus Okada & McIntyre 1977 [Holotype: 3.0-3.8µm ; Type level: Extant]
Crenalithus punctatus Okada & McIntyre, 1977 [Holotype: 2.0-3.0µm; Type level: Recent]
Diameter of the central area < width of pelaga
Coccolithus doronicoides Black and Barnes, 1961 [Holotype: 3.4µm; Type level: Tertiary]
Reticulofenestra minuta Roth, 1970 [Holotype: 1.5µm; Type level: Oligocene]
Reticulofenestra nanna Gheta, 1982 [Holotype: 3-4µm; Type level: Late Eocene]
Cyathosphaera lacrima Hay & Towe, 1962 [Holotype: 2.2µm; Type level: Early Eocene]
Reticulofenestra perforata Martini, 1988 [Holotype: 2.5-3.5µm; Type level: Miocene]
Reticulofenestra moguntina Martini, 1988 [Holotype: 2.3-3.8µm; Type level: Miocene]
Small (<4.0µm) species of Reticulofenestra.
Black, M. & Barnes, B., (1961): Coccoliths and discoasters from the floor of the South Atlantic Ocean. - Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. 80: 137-147.
Deflandre, G., & Fert, C., (1954): Observations sur les coccolithophoridés actuels et fossiles en microscopie ordinaire et électronique. - Annales de Paléontologie. 40: 115-176.
Gheta, N., (1982): The Eocene of NW Transylvania. A new biochronostratigraphic zonation based on calcareous nannoplankton. - Dari de Seama ale Sedintelor Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica. 69: 95-106.
Hay, W. W., Mohler, H. P., Roth, P. H., Schmidt, R. R., & Boudreaux, J. E., (1967): Calcareous nannoplankton zonation of the Cenozoic of the Gulf Coast and Caribbean-Antillean area, and transoceanic correlation. - Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies. 17: 428-480.
Hay, W. W., & Towe, K. M., (1962): Electron microscope examination of some coccoliths from Donzacq (France). - Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 55: 497-517.
Martini, E., (1988): Nannoplankton-Massenvorkommen in den Corbicula-(=Schichten mit Hydrobia inflata) und Hydrobienschichten des Oberrheingrabens, des Mainzer und des Hanauer Beckens (Miozän). - Geologisches Jahrbuch. A110: 205-227.
Okada, H., & McIntyre, A., (1977): Modern coccolithophores of the Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. - Micropaleontology. 23(1): 1-55.
Roth, P. H., (1970): Oligocene calcareous nannoplankton biostratigraphy. - Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 63: 799-881.
Holotype
Discolithus simillimus
Deflandre & Fert, 1954
Miocene - Pliocene
El Mehdi, Oranie, Algeria