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Reticulofenestra minuta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Reticulofenestra minuta Roth
2013Reticulofenestra minuta Pérez Panera
2021Reticulofenestra minuta González Estebenet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
RankNameAuthor
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
genusReticulofenestraHay et al. 1966
speciesminutaRoth 1970

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: oceanic, oligotrophic, marine, brackishp
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Depth habitat: surfacep
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2006-10-31 06:24:05
Modified: 2006-10-31 08:24:05
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (1989 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) Reticulofenestra minuta (237045)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) Reticulofenestra minuta (232042 232043 232045)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Argentina (Santa Cruz) Reticulofenestra minuta (237046)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific Reticulofenestra minuta (273093)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9North Pacific Reticulofenestra minuta (254126)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic Reticulofenestra minuta (262397 262398)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71North Atlantic Reticulofenestra minuta (262394)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9North Atlantic Reticulofenestra minuta (262392)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9North Atlantic Reticulofenestra minuta (262381 262382 262384 262385 262386 262387 262388 262389 262390 262391 268081)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Reticulofenestra minuta (68021)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific Reticulofenestra minuta (247574)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indian Ocean Reticulofenestra minuta (250422 250424 250426)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Pacific Reticulofenestra minuta (271943 271944 271945 271946 271947 271948 271949 271950 271951 271952)
G. truncatulinoides PRSZ0.61 - 0.0Indian Ocean Reticulofenestra minuta (248322 248323 257014)
NN200.42 - 0.29North Pacific Reticulofenestra minuta (250267 250268)
NN200.42 - 0.29Indian Ocean Reticulofenestra minuta (247816)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Reticulofenestra minuta (250262 250263)
NN210.29 - 0.0South Pacific Reticulofenestra minuta (269204 269205 269206)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific Reticulofenestra minuta (271930 271931 271932 271933 271934 271935 271936 271937 271938 271939 271940 271941 271942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Atlantic Reticulofenestra minuta (265674)