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Remarks on the identification of the Albian/Cenomanian boundary and taxonomic clarification of the planktonic foraminifera index species globotruncanoides, brotzeni and tehamaensis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2014

MARIA ROSE PETRIZZO Open the ORCID record for MARIA ROSE PETRIZZO [Opens in a new window] ,
MICHÈLE CARON  and
ISABELLA PREMOLI SILVA
MARIA ROSE PETRIZZO*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra ‘A. Desio’, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 34, I-20133 Milano, Italy
MICHÈLE CARON
Affiliation:
Département de Géosciences, Géologie et Paléontologie, Université de Fribourg, Chemin du Musée, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
ISABELLA PREMOLI SILVA
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra ‘A. Desio’, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 34, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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†Author for correspondence: mrose.petrizzo@unimi.it
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Abstract

The planktonic foraminifera assemblage across the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Cenomanian Stage defined at Mont Risou (Haute-Alpes in France) is here restudied to clarify the identification and stratigraphic distribution of Thalmanninella globotruncanoides ( = Rotalipora globotruncanoides Sigal, 1948) and Pseudothalmanninella tehamaensis ( = Rotalipora tehamaensis Marianos & Zingula, 1966) whose appearance levels are primary and secondary criteria for placing the Albian/Cenomanian boundary. Since the ratification of the GSSP in 2002, the identification of the foraminifera index species across the Albian/Cenomanian boundary has been reported to be sometimes difficult either because of their rarity or uncertainty in the taxonomic identifications. We discuss the taxonomic status of Thalmanninella brotzeni Sigal 1948, a species regarded for a long time to be a junior synonym of Th. globotruncanoides, through images of Sigal's type materials deposited at the Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris), and elucidate the taxonomically important characters that enable unequivocal identification of Th. brotzeni, Th. globotruncanoides and Ps. tehamaensis. Planktonic foraminifera marker species from Mont Risou are compared with well-preserved specimens from Blake Nose Plateau (ODP 171B, North Western Atlantic Ocean) to verify the reliability and stratigraphic distribution of these marker taxa outside the Mediterranean Tethyan area.

Keywords

Cenomanian StageGlobal Boundary Stratotype Section and Pointplanktonic foraminiferaMont Risou (Haute-Alpes, France)Blake Nose Plateau (ODP 171B, NW Atlantic Ocean)taxonomybiostratigraphy
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Geological Magazine , Volume 152 , Issue 3 , May 2015 , pp. 521 - 536
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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