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Ellis, C Howard; Lohman, William H (1979): Occurrence of nannoplankton observed in Early Pliocene samples from Zanclean stratotype of Capo Rossello, Sicily (Table I). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.690890, Supplement to: Ellis, CH; Lohman, WH (1979): Neogene calcareous nannoplankton biostratigraphy in eastern Mediterranean deep-sea sediments (DSDP Leg 42A, Sites 375 and 376). Marine Micropaleontology, 4, 61-84, https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-8398(79)90006-9

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Abstract:
Calcareous nannoplankton biostratigraphy has been worked out in the eastern Mediterranean utilizing deep-sea sediments recovered from DSDP Leg 42A Sites 375 and 376. These two drill sites were located approximately 55 km west of Cyprus on the Florence Rise. Sediments, ranging in age from early Miocene (Helicosphaera ampliaperta Zone) through Holocene, contain sufficient age-diagnostic species to recognize essentially all of the lowlatitude nannoplankton zones described by Bukry, although regional, secondary marker species are needed to define some zonal boundaries.
Reworked Cretaceous and Paleogene nannoplankton occur throughout the stratigraphic interval studied, but not in quantities large enough to mask indigenous species. Sedimentation rates at Sites 375 and 376 were highest in the late Miocene and late Pleistocene. Open-marine, warm-water species of discoasters are present in significant numbers throughout the Miocene and Pliocene. Earliest Pliocene assemblages contain numerous specimens of ceratoliths. Nannoplankton in post-Messinian sediments at the drill sites and the Zanclean stratotype at Capo Rossello, Sicily, indicate that the base of the Amaurolithus tricorniculatus Zone (base of Triquetrorhabdulus rugosus Subzone) corresponds with the Miocene-Pliocene boundary.
Coverage:
Latitude: 37.295000 * Longitude: 13.450000
Minimum ORDINAL NUMBER: 1 * Maximum ORDINAL NUMBER: 23
Event(s):
Capo_Rossello * Latitude: 37.295000 * Longitude: 13.450000 * Location: Italy * Method/Device: Outcrop sample (OUTCROP)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1ORDINAL NUMBEROrd NoGeocode
2Nannofossil zoneNannos zoneEllis, C Howard
3Amaurolithus amplificusA. amplificusEllis, C Howard
4Amaurolithus delicatusA. delicatusEllis, C Howard
5Amaurolithus primusA. primusEllis, C Howard
6Amaurolithus tricorniculatusA. tricorniculatusEllis, C Howard
7Angulolithina arcaA. arcaEllis, C Howard
8Arkhangelskiella cymbiformisA. cymbiformisEllis, C Howard
9Braarudosphaera bigelowiiB. bigelowiiEllis, C Howard
10Broinsonia parcaB. parcaEllis, C Howard
11Ceratolithus acutusC. acutusEllis, C Howard
12Ceratolithus rugosusC. rugosusEllis, C Howard
13Chiasmolithus grandisC. grandisEllis, C Howard
14Chiasmolithus sp.Chiasmolithus sp.Ellis, C Howard
15Coccolithus miopelagicusC. miopelagicusEllis, C Howard
16Coccolithus pelagicusC. pelagicusEllis, C Howard
17Coronocyclus nitescensC. nitescensEllis, C Howard
18Cretarhabdus crenulatusC. crenulatusEllis, C Howard
19Cribrosphaera ehrenbergiiC. ehrenbergiiEllis, C Howard
20Cyclicargolithus abisectusC. abisectusEllis, C Howard
21Cyclicargolithus floridanusC. floridanusEllis, C Howard
22Cyclococcolithus leptoporusC. leptoporusEllis, C Howard
23Cyclococcolithus macintyreiC. macintyreiEllis, C Howard
24Dictyococcites bisectusD. bisectusEllis, C Howard
25Discoaster asymmetricusD. asymmetricusEllis, C Howard
26Discoaster barbadiensisD. barbadiensisEllis, C Howard
27Discoaster bellusD. bellusEllis, C Howard
28Discoaster binodosusD. binodosusEllis, C Howard
29Discoaster bolliiD. bolliiEllis, C Howard
30Discoaster braarudiiD. braarudiiEllis, C Howard
31Discoaster brouweriD. brouweriEllis, C Howard
32Discoaster challengeriiD. challengeriiEllis, C Howard
33Discoaster deflandreiD. deflandreiEllis, C Howard
34Discoaster divaricatusD. divaricatusEllis, C Howard
35Discoaster druggiiD. druggiiEllis, C Howard
36Discoaster intercalarisD. intercalarisEllis, C Howard
37Discoaster lautusD. lautusEllis, C Howard
38Discoaster lodoensisD. lodoensisEllis, C Howard
39Discoaster loeblichiiD. loeblichiiEllis, C Howard
40Discoaster multiradiatusD. multiradiatusEllis, C Howard
41Discoaster obtususD. obtususEllis, C Howard
42Discoaster pentaradiatusD. pentaradiatusEllis, C Howard
43Discoaster quinqueramusD. quinqueramusEllis, C Howard
44Discoaster sp. cf. D. quinquenamusDiscoaster sp. cf. D. quinquenamusEllis, C Howard
45Discoaster stellulusD. stellulusEllis, C Howard
46Discoaster surculusD. surculusEllis, C Howard
47Discoaster variabilisD. variabilisEllis, C Howard
48Discoaster sp.Discoaster sp.Ellis, C Howard
49Discolithina japonicaD. japonicaEllis, C Howard
50Discolithina multiporaD. multiporaEllis, C Howard
51Discolithina sp.Discolithina sp.Ellis, C Howard
52Eiffellithus eximiusE. eximiusEllis, C Howard
53Eiffellithus turriseiffeliiE. turriseiffeliiEllis, C Howard
54Gartnerago obliquumG. obliquumEllis, C Howard
55Helicosphaera ampliapertaH. ampliapertaEllis, C Howard
56Helicosphaera carteriH. carteriEllis, C Howard
57Helicosphaera euphratisH. euphratisEllis, C Howard
58Helicosphaera intermediaH. intermediaEllis, C Howard
59Helicosphaera selliiH. selliiEllis, C Howard
60Isthmolithus recurvusI. recurvusEllis, C Howard
61Lithostromation perdurumL. perdurumEllis, C Howard
62Micrantholithus entasterM. entasterEllis, C Howard
63Micrantholithus sp.Micrantholithus sp.Ellis, C Howard
64Microrhabdulus decoratusM. decoratusEllis, C Howard
65Micula staurophoraM. staurophoraEllis, C Howard
66Parhabdolithus embergeriP. embergeriEllis, C Howard
67Prediscosphaera cretaceaP. cretaceaEllis, C Howard
68Reticulofenestra hillaeR. hillaeEllis, C Howard
69Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicusR. pseudoumbilicusEllis, C Howard
70Reticulofenestra umbilicusR. umbilicusEllis, C Howard
71Rhabdosphaera proceraR. proceraEllis, C Howard
72Rhabdosphaera sp.Rhabdosphaera sp.Ellis, C Howard
73Scapholithus fossilisS. fossilisEllis, C Howard
74Scyphosphaera apsteiniiS. apsteiniiEllis, C Howard
75Scyphosphaera globulataS. globulataEllis, C Howard
76Scyphosphaera intermediaS. intermediaEllis, C Howard
77Scyphosphaera pulcherrimaS. pulcherrimaEllis, C Howard
78Scyphosphaera sp.Scyphosphaera sp.Ellis, C Howard
79Sphenolithus abiesS. abiesEllis, C Howard
80Sphenolithus distentusS. distentusEllis, C Howard
81Sphenolithus heteromorphusS. heteromorphusEllis, C Howard
82Sphenolithus moriformisS. moriformisEllis, C Howard
83Sphenolithus neoabiesS. neoabiesEllis, C Howard
84Sphenolithus predistentusS. predistentusEllis, C Howard
85Sphenolithus radiansS. radiansEllis, C Howard
86Tetralithus aculeusT. aculeusEllis, C Howard
87Tetralithus nitidusT. nitidusEllis, C Howard
88Tetralithus trifidusT. trifidusEllis, C Howard
89Thoracosphaera sp.Thoracosphaera sp.Ellis, C Howard
90Triquetrorhabdulus carinatusT. carinatusEllis, C Howard
91Triquetrorhabdulus rugosusT. rugosusEllis, C Howard
92Triquetrorhabdulus sp.Triquetrorhabdulus sp.Ellis, C Howard
93Umbilicosphaera cricotaU. cricotaEllis, C Howard
94Vagalapilla octoradiataV. octoradiataEllis, C Howard
95Watznaueria barnesaeW. barnesaeEllis, C Howard
96Watznaueria gronosaWatznaueria gronosaEllis, C Howard
97Zygodiscus deflandreiZ. deflandreiEllis, C Howard
98Zygodiscus sp.Zygodiscus sp.Ellis, C Howard
99Zygrhablithus bijugatusZ. bijugatusEllis, C Howard
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