Taxonomic investigations of palynomorphs from the Byers group (Upper Jurassic‐Lower Cretaceous), Livingston and Snow islands, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Palynology
• Main Author: Duane, Ailbhe M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor and Francis 1997
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Byers; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514459/; https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.1997.9989491

Two new palynomorph taxa are described, and several existing taxa are discussed from the Upper Jurassic‐Lower Cretaceous Byers Group of Livingston and Snow islands, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula. Oligosphaeridium byersense sp. nov., a dinoflagellate cyst species, is found in the Valanginian interval of the Byers Group. Globorotundata acrita gen. et sp. nov., apalynomorph of unknown affinity, is areliable indicator of dysaerobia‐anaerobia and/or shallow marine paleoceanographic conditions, when present in moderate to high numbers. This paper includes the first description and discussion of focused ion beam milling preparation of palynological material.