Figs 1-3. Malta, Middle Miocene; Fig. 1. Coccosphere: 7.8µm, Coccoliths: 4.1µm; Fig. 2. Coccosphere: 7.7µm, Coccoliths: 4.8µm; Fig 3. Coccosphere: 9.8µm, Coccoliths: 4.6µm
Fig 4. Antalya-Manavgat Road, Turkey, Late Miocene, Coccosphere: 10.1µm, Coccoliths: 6.3µm
Fig 5. Adana Basin, Turkey, Late Miocene, Coccosphere: 13.7µm, Coccoliths: 4.7µm
Fig 1. Antakya, Hatay, Turkey, Middle Mioecene, 4.1µm:
Figs. 2-3. Malta, Middle Miocene; Fig. 2. 5.2µm; Fig 3. 4.4µm:
Figs. 1-4. Malta, Middle Miocene; Fig. 1. 4.7µm; Fig. 2. 5.2µm; Fig. 3. 5.3µm; Fig. 4. 6.1µm
Fig 5. Antalya Basin, Turkey, Early Pliocene, 5.6µm;
Coccolithus tenuistriatus Kamptner, 1963
Width of the central area > width of pelaga
Apertapetra samodurovii Hay, Mohler & Wade, 1966 [Holotype: 5.9µm; Type level: Late Eocene]
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]
A medium-sized (4.0-8.0µm) species of Reticulofenestra has a broader central opening than the width of the pelaga.
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Coccolithus tenuistriatus
Kamptner, 1963
Miocene
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