The distribution of late Kimmeridgian and Portlandian ostracoda in southern England

Wilkinson, Ian P.. 2008 The distribution of late Kimmeridgian and Portlandian ostracoda in southern England. Revue de Micropaleontologie, 51 (3). 221-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2007.08.005

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The vertical distribution of ostracods in the Upper Kimmeridgian and Portlandian (sensu anglico) succession in three cored boreholes at Hartwell, Tisbury and Fairlight, are compared to other successions in southern England. The Upper Kimmeridge Clay Formation yields rich, but low diversity ostracod faunas, characterised by stratigraphically restricted species of Aaleniella, Galliaecytheridea, Klentnicella, Macrodentina, Mandelstamia, Micrommatocythere, Paralesleya and Prohutsonia. Several continue into the Portlandian, but some species, belonging to genera such as Cytherelloidea, Paracypris, Fabanella, Galliaecytheridea, Klieana, Paraschuleridea, Eocytheridea, Paranotacythere, Procytheropteron, Rectocythere and Macrodentina, appear for the first time. Biostratigraphical subdivision is made difficult by provincialism caused by decreasing salinities and facies change during the Late Portlandian. Marine taxa such as Protocythere, Macrocypris, Paraschuleridea, Paranotacythere, Procytheropteron and Rectocythere were replaced by euryhaline forms, such as species of Fabanella and Mantelliana, and fresh-oligohaline species of the genera Cypridea, Scabriculocypris, Alicenula and Rhinocypris.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2007.08.005
Programmes:	BGS Programmes 2008 > Geology and Landscape England
Additional Keywords:	Portlandian, Kimmeridgian, Ostracoda, Biostratigraphy, Great Britain
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences
Date made live:	19 Nov 2008 16:04 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/4905

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