Recent shallow marine ostracods from high latitudes: implications for late Pliocene and Quaternary palaeoclimatology

New information about modern high‐latitude marine ostracod faunas and about their occurrence in late Pliocene and Quaternary sequences promotes the application of these microfossils to palaeoenvironmental, palaeo‐biogeographical and palaeoclimatological problems. Five poorly known species ( Cluthia...

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Published in:Boreas
Main Authors: BROUWERS, ELISABETH M., CRONIN, THOMAS M., HORNE, DAVID J., LORD, ALAN R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2000
Subjects:
Arctic
Pacific
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2000.tb01206.x
https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.2000.tb01206.x
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2000.tb01206.x
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Summary:New information about modern high‐latitude marine ostracod faunas and about their occurrence in late Pliocene and Quaternary sequences promotes the application of these microfossils to palaeoenvironmental, palaeo‐biogeographical and palaeoclimatological problems. Five poorly known species ( Cluthia cluthae, Finmarchinella logani, Roundstonia globulifera, Roundstonia macchesneyi and Semicytherura complanata ) from North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic areas are confirmed as extant and are used to demonstrate the potential of marine ostracods as tools for palaeoclimate studies. The genus Bonnyannella Athersuch, 1982 is shown to be a junior synonym of Roundstonia Neale, 1973.

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