Palynology and depositional history of the Paleocene?

• Main Authors: Thyra Ø Formation, El Sea Basin, Eastern North, Jens M. Lyck, Lars Stemmerik, The Early, Carboniferous Palaeogene, Wandel Sea
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Dinoflagellate cysts; North Greenland; Paleocene; palynomorphs; Wandel Sea Basin; Greenland; Wandel; Wandel Sea
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.622.541; http://www.geus.dk/publications/bull-gl/nr187/nr187_p021-049.pdf

possibly earliest Eocene based on its content of palynomorphs. The palynomorph assemblage is dominated by long ranging taxa and reworked Upper Cretaceous species. The Late Paleo-cene age of the formation is based on the occurrence of Cerodinium speciosum and Spinidin-ium pilatum. However, the presence of Cerodinium markovae, Spinidinium sagittula, and?Ilexpollenites sp. suggests that the formation may range into the earliest Eocene.