Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to M. Hyzny et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Camuralithus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Crassidiscus, Cricosphaera, Cyclolithella, Cycloperfolithus, Discoasteridae, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Heliorthus, Koczyia, Leptodiscus, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Orthozygus, Pervilithus, Phanulithus, Pyrocyclus, Rhabdolithina, Sphenaster, Striatococcolithus, Syracosphaera, Umbilicosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus
Subtaxa: Reticulofenestra bisecta Reticulofenestra daviesii Reticulofenestra dictyoda Reticulofenestra filewiczii Reticulofenestra hampdenensis Reticulofenestra minuta Reticulofenestra oamaruensis Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus Reticulofenestra reticulata Reticulofenestra rotaria Reticulofenestra scrippsae Reticulofenestra umbilicus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection), the Philippines (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1), Ecuador (2), France (1), Greece (2), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Micronesia (1), Slovakia (1), Taiwan (1), Tanzania (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Jordan (1), Namibia (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California, Georgia)
Total: 29 collections including 62 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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