Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Chiastozygaceae): Typical Eiffelithales - rim with well outer/upper clockwise-imbricate V-units and lower/inner R-units. Central area open or spanned by disjunct cross or bar supporting a spine.
This taxon: Unicyclic muroliths with very broad rim and narrow central-area spanned or filled by a tranverse bar.
Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)![]() | |||||
Common species | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Reinhardtites anthophorus Large openings either side of cross-bar | |||
![]() | ![]() | Reinhardtites levis Small openings either side of cross-bar | |||
Rare species, placement in Reinhardtites uncertain | |||||
Reinhardtites clavicaviformis Delicate axial cross fills the central area. | |||||
![]() | Reinhardtites elkefensis Bulbous central structure | ||||
Reinhardtites sp. Specimens not identified to species level |
Taxonomy:
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: Reinhardtites *
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Chiastozygaceae): Typical Eiffelithales - rim with well outer/upper clockwise-imbricate V-units and lower/inner R-units. Central area open or spanned by disjunct cross or bar supporting a spine.
This taxon: Unicyclic muroliths with very broad rim and narrow central-area spanned or filled by a tranverse bar.
Search data:
LITHS: murolith, elliptical, CA: cross-axial, ca_disjunct, plate, process, bar, CROSS-POLARS: rim-unicyclic, V-prominent, |
Lith size: 5->14µm; Data source notes: size range of included species |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of Maastrichtian Stage (100% up, 66Ma, in Danian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Turonian Stage (89.77-93.9Ma, base in Turonian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database
Plot of occurrence data:
Burnett, J. A. (1998). Upper Cretaceous. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series . 132-199. gs O Perch-Nielsen, K. (1968). Der Feinbau und die Klassifikation der Coccolithen aus dem Maastrichtien von Danemark. Biologiske Skrifter, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 16: 1-96. gsReferences:
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Reinhardtites compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 10-12-2023
Short stable page link: https://mikrotax.org/Nannotax3/index.php?id=10989 Go to Archive.is to create a permanent copy of this page - citation notes |
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