Campanian-Maastrichtian ammonite and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy from Tercis, France: Implications for defining the stage boundary
The Campanian-Maastrichtian-aged Grande Carriere quarry near Tercis, southwest France, contains a diverse and abundant assemblage of both micro-and macrofossils from a thick sequence of well-exposed limestones. Its fauna is also a mixture of both Boreal and Tethyan Province species. Because of these...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022336000039433 2024-04-07T07:55:32+00:00 Campanian-Maastrichtian ammonite and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy from Tercis, France: Implications for defining the stage boundary Ward, Peter Orr, William 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000039433 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022336000039433 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of Paleontology volume 71, issue 3, page 407-418 ISSN 0022-3360 1937-2337 Paleontology journal-article 1997 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000039433 2024-03-08T00:36:59Z The Campanian-Maastrichtian-aged Grande Carriere quarry near Tercis, southwest France, contains a diverse and abundant assemblage of both micro-and macrofossils from a thick sequence of well-exposed limestones. Its fauna is also a mixture of both Boreal and Tethyan Province species. Because of these two traits, the quarry provides an excellent source of information about integrated biostratigraphic events among diverse taxa, as well as providing a reference section for correlation between the two biogeographic provinces. The quarry has recently been proposed as a candidate for the Campanian/Maastrichtian boundary stratotype section, while one ammonite found there, Pachydiscus neubergicus, has been proposed as the index fossil marking the base of the Maastrichtian Stage. We have made collections of Upper Cretaceous ammonites and planktonic foraminifera from limestones exposed in, and near this site, which yield new information about the relative stratigraphic ranges of Upper Campanian and Lower Maastrichtian ammonites and foraminifera. Article in Journal/Newspaper Planktonic foraminifera Cambridge University Press Journal of Paleontology 71 3 407 418 |
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The Campanian-Maastrichtian-aged Grande Carriere quarry near Tercis, southwest France, contains a diverse and abundant assemblage of both micro-and macrofossils from a thick sequence of well-exposed limestones. Its fauna is also a mixture of both Boreal and Tethyan Province species. Because of these two traits, the quarry provides an excellent source of information about integrated biostratigraphic events among diverse taxa, as well as providing a reference section for correlation between the two biogeographic provinces. The quarry has recently been proposed as a candidate for the Campanian/Maastrichtian boundary stratotype section, while one ammonite found there, Pachydiscus neubergicus, has been proposed as the index fossil marking the base of the Maastrichtian Stage. We have made collections of Upper Cretaceous ammonites and planktonic foraminifera from limestones exposed in, and near this site, which yield new information about the relative stratigraphic ranges of Upper Campanian and Lower Maastrichtian ammonites and foraminifera. |
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Campanian-Maastrichtian ammonite and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy from Tercis, France: Implications for defining the stage boundary |
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Campanian-Maastrichtian ammonite and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy from Tercis, France: Implications for defining the stage boundary |
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Campanian-Maastrichtian ammonite and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy from Tercis, France: Implications for defining the stage boundary |
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Campanian-Maastrichtian ammonite and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy from Tercis, France: Implications for defining the stage boundary |
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Campanian-Maastrichtian ammonite and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy from Tercis, France: Implications for defining the stage boundary |
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