The Gargasian (Middle Aptian) strata from Cassis-La Bédoule (Lower Aptian historical stratotype, SE France): planktonic and benthic foraminiferal assemblages and biostratigraphy

Overview of Eocene Planktonic Foraminiferal Taxonomy, Paleoecology, Phylogeny, and Biostratigraphy

This monograph has been compiled by members of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group (hereafter referred to as the Working Group) of the International Subcommission on Paleogene Stratigraphy, International Union of Geological Sciences. It is the second such work in a projected series of three, the first being the Atlas of Paleocene Planktonic Foraminifera published by Smithsonian ...

Biostratigraphy of the Aptian–Middle Cenomanian platform to basin domain in the Prebetic Zone of Alicante, SE Spain: calibration between shallow water benthonic and pelagic scales

The biostratigraphy of platform carbonates and adjacent basins outcropping in the Prebetic Zone of Alicante, south-eastern Spain, is presented. With this aim, 42 sections from 13 major outcrops, of Aptian–Middle Cenomanian age, were analysed. Ten biostratigraphic units based upon benthonic foraminifers have been distinguished within this interval. Comparison with other previously published bioz...

Planktic Foraminiferal Species Turnover across Deep-sea Aptian/ Albian Boundary Sections

A major planktic foraminiferal species turnover accompanied by a dramatic reduction in shell size, a fundamental change in shell architecture, and a precipitous drop in the abundance of planktic relative to benthic species occurs across the Aptian/Albian boundary interval (AABI) at globally distributed deep-sea sections. Extinction of the large and distinctive planktic foraminifer Paraticinella...

Diversity Patterns in Mid-cretaceous Benthic Foraminifers and Dasycladalean Algae Diversity Patterns in Mid-cretaceous Benthic Foraminifers and Dasycladalean Algae of the Southern Part of the Mesozoic Adriatic Platform, Croatia

The Mesozoic, mid-Cretaceous (Barremian to Cenomanian) deposits of southern Croatia comprise a succession of shallow tropical-water, inner-platform deposits that formed on a Bahama-type isolated Adriatic carbonate platform in the Dinarides. This succession is dominated by benthic foraminifers and dasycladalean algae, and is exposed in a nearly continuous outcrop section on the islands and along...

Abyssal hills: Influence of topography on benthic foraminiferal assemblages