Reticulofenestra

Searched as Reticulofenestra minutula. The Paleobiology Database treats Reticulofenestra as the accepted name.

Reticulofenestra is a genus of calcareous nannoplankton belonging to the haptophyte group. It first emerged during the early Eocene and underwent rapid expansion following the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum—a period characterized by elevated CO2, global warmth and ocean stratification.

Reticulofenestra

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
HaptophytaPBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Haptophyta
Life habit
planktonic, depth=surfacePBDB, for Haptophyta
Motility
passively mobilePBDB, for Haptophyta
Environment
oceanic,oligotrophic,marine,brackishPBDB, for Haptophyta

Time the record covers

At least 61 million years on record.

The record covers at least 61.66 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 648 occurrencesPaleocene — about 3 of 648 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 6 of 648 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 6 of 648 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 214 of 648 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 211 of 648 occurrencesPleistocene — about 208 of 648 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 1 occurrence63–61 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences61–58 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences52–49 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences43–40 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 2 occurrences25–22 Mya — about 6 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 19 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 19 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 19 occurrences16–13 Mya — about 19 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 22 occurrences11–9.0 Mya — about 39 occurrences9.0–6.7 Mya — about 44 occurrences6.7–4.5 Mya — about 80 occurrences4.5–2.2 Mya — about 185 occurrences2.2–0 Mya — about 183 occurrences61.66 Mya129 ka67 Mya0 Mya

648 occurrences of Reticulofenestra on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

648 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

2 formations

Campo Bola — 52.17°S, 69.04°WPedro Luro — 39.71°S, 61.04°W

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The named rock units Reticulofenestra has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 645 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Reticulofenestra and its relatives

Miocene

Where Reticulofenestra and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

780 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 810 sites for Reticulofenestra, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

29 references

Each of the 648 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 17 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Reticulofenestra

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Reticulofenestra was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itHaptophyta through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Hay et al. 1966