Reticulofenestra
| Reticulofenestra | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Haptista |
| Subphylum: | Haptophytina |
| Class: | Coccolithophyceae |
| Order: | Isochrysidales |
| Family: | Noelaerhabdaceae |
| Genus: | W.W.Hay, Mohler & M.Wade, 1966 |
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.[1][2]
Species
Some of the species as listed in nannotax[3] include:
- R. calicis
- R. pseudoumbilicus
- R. haqii
- R. minuta
- R. minutula
- R. asanoi
- R. kahniae
- R. rotaria
- R. pospichalii
- R. sessilis
- R. abisectus
- R. bukryi
- R. floridanus
- R. luminis
- R. parvus
- R. bisecta
- R. filewiczii
- R. stavensis
- R. magniscutum
- R. dictyoda
References
- ^ Schneider, Leah J.; Bralower, Timothy J.; Kump, Lee R. (October 2011). "Response of nannoplankton to early Eocene ocean destratification". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 310 (3–4): 152–162. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.06.018.
- ^ Asanbe, Joseph D.; Henderiks, Jorijntje (June 2025). "Major Shifts in Equatorial Atlantic and Pacific Calcareous Nannofossil Assemblages Across the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO; ∼53–49 Ma)". Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 40 (6). doi:10.1029/2024PA005038. ISSN 2572-4517.
- ^ "Nannotax3 - ntax_cenozoic - Reticulofenestra". www.mikrotax.org. Retrieved 2023-05-01.