Masse, Jean-Pierre and Arnaud-Vanneau, Annie (1999): Early Cretaceous calcareous algae of the Mid-Pacific Mountains

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 143
ODP 143 866
ODP 143 867
ODP 143 868
Identifier:
2004-015853
georefid

10.1016/S0035-1598(99)90186-1
doi

Creator:
Masse, Jean-Pierre
Universite de Provence, Centre de Sedimentologie et Paleontologie, Marseille, France
author

Arnaud-Vanneau, Annie
Universite de Grenoble I, France
author

Identification:
Early Cretaceous calcareous algae of the Mid-Pacific Mountains
1999
Revue de Micropaleontologie
Elsevier, Paris, France
42
1
57-69
Calcareous algae from Resolution guyot (Mid-Pacific Mountains) recovered during leg 143 of the Ocean Drilling Program, are recorded from Late Hauterivian ?/Barremian to Albian strata. Identified taxa pertain mainly to: Dasycladales and Caulerpales (Chlorophyta) as well as Peyssonelliaceae, Solenoporaceae and Gymnocodiaceae (Rhodophyta). The Late Hauterivian ?-Barremian interval yielded: Carpathoporella fontis, Suppiluliumaella sp., Salpingoporella cf. biokovensis, Terquemella cf. endoi, Polystrata alba and a from tentatively ascribed to Archamphiroa ? carpiana. The Late Aptian-Albian produced Salpingoporella hasi, Salpingoporella milovanovici, Montiella cf. elitzae, Russoella cf. radiociciae, forms belonging to the Suppiluliumaella-Triploporella group., Neomeris sp., Boueina sp., Solenopora urgoniana and Polystrata alba. All these taxa have a palaeobiogeographic Mediterranean meaning and show the same stratigraphic range as those known from the Old World. Their occurrence indicates that during the Late Hauterivian ?-Albian, the Western Pacific area was widely connected with the rest of the Mesogee, given the importance of cosmopolitan elements.
English
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:21.2111
West:174.1833East: 174.1853
South:21.1957

Stratigraphy; algae; biostratigraphy; calcareous algae; carbonate platforms; Cretaceous; Leg 143; Lower Cretaceous; Mesozoic; microfossils; Mid-Pacific Mountains; North Pacific; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 866; ODP Site 867; ODP Site 868; Pacific Ocean; paleoecology; paleoenvironment; paleogeography; Plantae; reconstruction; Resolution Seamount; sedimentary rocks; species diversity; West Pacific;

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