Biostratigraphic significance of the calcareous nannofossil genus Reticulofenestra in the Upper Pliocene of the North Atlantic

• Main Authors: Kameo, Koji, Takayama, Toshiaki
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1999
• Subjects: 94-606; 94-607; 94-610A; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg94; North Atlantic/FLANK; North Atlantic/RIDGE; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.679333; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.679333

We demonstrate size fluctuations of the calcareous nannofossil genus Reticulofenestra in Upper Pliocene sediments from the North Atlantic Ocean and clarify a characteristic evolutionary trend of this genus. Four bioevents, which are based on abrupt decreases in maximum size and on changes of morphol...