The paleoecological significance of new species of Limbicysta (Acritarcha) from the upper Albian of the Canadian Arctic Islands

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: MacRae, R. Andrew, Hills, L. V., McIntyre, D. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1996
• Subjects: Arctic; Strand Fiord; Bastion Ridge; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e96-111; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e96-111

Limbicysta octopediformis and Limbicysta quadriformis are new acritarch species from the upper Albian Bastion Ridge and Strand Fiord formations of the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands. They are similar to the type species, Limbicysta pediformis Marshall, but have eight asymmetric or four symm...