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Foraminifera from the Eocene La Meseta Formation of Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctic Peninsula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2012

Andrzej Gaździcki  and
Wojciech Majewski
Andrzej Gaździcki
Affiliation:
Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Wojciech Majewski*
Affiliation:
Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
*
*Corresponding author: wmaj@twarda.pan.pl
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Abstract

Benthic foraminiferal assemblages are described for the first time from the early Eocene of West Antarctica. They come from the lower member (Telm1) of the La Meseta Formation of Isla Marambio (Seymour Island). Two distinctive assemblages, dominated by Nonionellina, Nonionella, Globocassidulina, and Eilohedra, as well as by Globocassidulina, Cribroelphidium, Guttulina, and Lobatula, indicate restricted, shallow marine, nearshore conditions. Their most characteristic species show distinct affinities with Eocene faunas of New Zealand and Patagonia, as well as with stratigraphically younger Antarctic foraminiferal communities.

Keywords

benthic foraminiferamicrofossilsPaleogeneWest Antarctica
Type
Earth Sciences
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , 17 July 2012 , pp. 408 - 416
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2012

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