Wilson, Graeme J. and Clowes, Christopher D. (1982): Arachnodinium, a new dinoflagellate genus from the lower Tertiary of Antarctica

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Identifier:
1983-018008
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Creator:
Wilson, Graeme J.
N.Z. Geol. Surv., Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Clowes, Christopher D.
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Identification:
Arachnodinium, a new dinoflagellate genus from the lower Tertiary of Antarctica
1982
Palynology
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Dallas, TX, United States
6
97-103
Arachnodinium antarcticum gen. et sp. nov., a distinctive trabeculate dinoflagellate cyst, is described from erratics of probable Eocene Age in the McMurdo Sound area. Additional records of the taxon are provided from Lower Tertiary localities in South America, from DSDP sites in the south Tasman Sea, and from other Antarctic localities.
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:-61.0000
West:-180.0000East: 180.0000
South:-90.0000
Paleobotany; algae; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctica; Arachnodinium; Arachnodinium antarcticum; Cenozoic; Dinoflagellata; Eocene; lower Tertiary; McMurdo Sound; microfossils; new taxa; paleobotany; Paleogene; palynomorphs; Peridiniales; Plantae; Pyrrhophyta; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Tertiary; thallophytes;
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