(Table 1) Distribution and numerical abundance of foraminifera of sediment core CRP-3 ...

• Main Authors: Strong, C Percy, Webb, Peter-Noel
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2001
• Subjects: DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; Depth, bottom/max; Lithologic unit/sequence; Number of species; Specimen count; Foraminifera, benthic preservation; Anomalina spp.; Anomalinoides cf. eoglabra; Anomalinoides fasciatus; Anomalinoides globulosus; Anomalinoides miosuturalis; Anomalinoides spp.; Astacolus spp.; Baggina cf. brevior; Bulimina sp.; Cassidulinoides bradyi; Cassidulinoides braziliensis; Cassidulinoides chapmani; Cribroelphidium sp.; Cibicides lobatulus; Cibicides cf. temporatus; Cibicides spp.; Cyclammina incisa; Dentalina sp.; Discorbis sp.; Epistominella exigua; Eponides bradyi; Fissurina fimbriata; Fissurina marginata; Fissurina spp.; Gavelinella spp.; Globigerina sp.; Globocassidulina crassa; Globocassidulina subglobosa; Gyroidina orbicularis; Haplophragmoides spp.; Hanzawaia sp.; Karrerculina sp.; Lenticulina spp.; Melonis barleeanus; Melonis graniferum; Melonis spp.; Miliolidae; Nodosaria spp.; Nonionella bradii; Nonionella iridea; Nonionella magnalingua; Nonionella spp.; Oolina apiculata; Antarctic; Victoria Land; Webb; Percy; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.183918; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.183918

A foraminiferal fauna comprising c. 33 genera and c. 53 species was recovered from a suite of 156 Lower Oligocene sediment samples, mostly muddy sandstone and siltstone, selected over the 2.80 - 823.11 mbsf depth range in the CRP-3 drillhole. All foraminifers, except for 2 isolated specimens, occurred above 340 mbsf, with 54 of 103 samples from above this depth being fossiliferous. At a generic and even a specific level, the fauna contains many components for the present-day Antarctic foraminiferal biota, indicating that its origin is at least as old as early Oligocene.Foraminiferal assemblages represent a single biofacies which is characterised by low diversity, and by dominant and persistent occurrences of Cassidulinoides chapmani, other Cassidulinoides and Globocassidulina species, and Stainforthia sp. These taxa and commonly accompanied by Cibicides lobatulus, Epistominella exigna, Fissurina spp. Nonionella spp., and Oolina spp. Large miliolids occur as isolated specimens at various levels. Planktic ... : Supplement to: Strong, C Percy; Webb, Peter-Noel (2001): Lower Oligocene foraminiferal fauna from CRP-3 drillhole, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 8(4), 347-358 ...