Set number: 1693

  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 07252 1
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 07253 2
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 07257 3
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 07263 4
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 07251 5
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 07254 6
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 07255 7
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 07266 8
    10µm
DSDP Leg 23, Site 225, Red Sea

Set number: 1695

  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 02160 1
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 02156 2
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 02155 3
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 02165 4
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 02159 5
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 02158 6
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 02154 7
  • Reticulofenestra dictyoda VR 02161 8
    10µm
Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales

Set number: 1688

  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1156 25 1
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1237 17 2
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1133 5 3
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1178 11 4
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1149 9 5
    10µm
Reticulofenestra tenuistriata

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

Set number: 1689

  • Reticulofenestra celticus 877 3 1
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1156 18 2
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1229 5 3

Fig 1. Antakya, Hatay, Turkey, Middle Mioecene, 4.1µm:

Figs. 2-3. Malta, Middle Miocene; Fig. 2. 5.2µm; Fig 3. 4.4µm:

Set number: 1690

  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1133 18 1
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1140 8 2
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1140 14 3
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 947 7 4
  • Reticulofenestra celticus 1473 12 5

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;

Final Epithet
Reticulofenestra tenuistriata (Kamptner, 1963, 1963) Martini, 1979
Basionym

Coccolithus tenuistriatus Kamptner, 1963

Synonyms

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]

Description

A medium-sized (4.0-8.0µm) species of Reticulofenestra has a broader central opening than the width of the pelaga.

References

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.

Gartner, S. 1967a. 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.

Lehotayová, R. 1975. Reticulofenestra excavata n. sp. from the Eggenburgian to Karpatian of Central Slovakia. Západné Karpaty. 1: 39-40.

Martini, E. 1979. Calcareous nannoplankton and silicoflagellate biostratigraphy at Reykjanes Ridge, northeastern North Atlantic (DSDP Leg 49, Sites 407 and 409). Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 49: 533-549.