Distribution of ostracoda in the lower Cretaceous succession of ODP Hole 80-549 (Figure 3)

• Main Authors: Hart, Malcom B, Crittenden, S
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1985
• Subjects: 80-549; Acrocythere hauteriviana; Apatocythere spinosa; Asciocythere sp.; Bairdia sp.; Bythoceratina sp.; Bythoceratina tricuspidata; Cardobairdia sp.; Chapmanicythereis sp.; Clithrocytheridea brevis; Clithrocytheridea sp.; Cornicythereis sp. .; Cytherella sp.; Cytherelloidea ovata; Cytheropteron (Cytheropteron) pitstonensis; Cytheropteron (Eocytheropteron) novum; Cytheropteron sp.; Deep Sea Drilling Project; Dolocythera sp.; Dolocytheridea (Puracytheridea) sp.; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Ecytherura sp.; Eucytherura (Vesticytherura) neocomiana; Eucytherura ornata; Euryitycythere parisiorum; Glomar Challenger; Leg80; Mandocythere sp.; Neocythere sp.; North Atlantic/SPUR; Paracypris acuta; Paracypris sp.; Paranotacythere sp.; Pedicythere sp.; Peterygocytheresis sp.; Phodeucythere sp.; Protocythere triplicata; Rehacythereis sp.; Rehacytheresis sp.; Sample code/label; Schuleridea sp.; Stillina acuminata; Xestoleberis sp; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.754743; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.754743

Site 549 recovered a Lower Cretaceous succession which has been shown to include parts of the Barremian and Albian stages. Forty-four species of Ostracoda are illustrated and their stratigraphic distribution used to recognise three major facies units. An high diversity inner shelf facies earlier in the Barremian gives way to a low diversity, outer shelf facies, higher in the succession. The early Albian appears to indicate a return to an inner shelf fauna. The faunas recovered have been compared to similar faunas elsewhere in N. W. Europe.