Marine palynomorph abundance estimates of sediment core CRP-2A (Fig. 2)

A diverse assemblage of marine palynomorphs was recovered from the Oligocene - Miocene section of CRP-2/2A. Most of the assemblage is composed of previously unrecognised species. Three distinct groups of marine palynomorph were recognised: (1) prasinophytes, mainly Cymatiosphaera, (2) acritarchs, mainly Leiosphaeridia and Sigmopollis although Leiofusa is an important component of the bottom half of the hole, and (3) dinoflagellate cysts. About 27 species of in situ dinoflagellate cysts were recorded, of which seven apparently undescribed species of Lejeunecysta form a prominent component. Reworked specimens of several species of the Paleogene Transantarctic Flora occur in CRP-2/2A sediments. Several abundance peaks of reworked taxa from the Transantarctic Flora are recorded. Three marine palynomorph zones were recognised (MP3, MP2, MP1), considered to be early Oligocene, late Oligocene, and late Oligocene/early Miocene in age respectively. Samples from the Quaternary and Pliocene part of CRP-2/2A were also examined. These proved either barren or yielded very sparse low diversity floras.

r = rare, f = few, c = common, a = abundant

Supplement to: Hannah, Mike J; Wilson, Gary S; Wrenn, John (2000): Oligocene and Miocene marine palynomorphs from CRP-2/2A, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 7(4), 503-511

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.545144
PID https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.28256.d001
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.545144
Provenance
Creator Hannah, Mike J; Wilson, Graeme; Wrenn, John
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2000
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 1210 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (163.719 LON, -77.006 LAT); off Cape Roberts, Ross Sea, Antarctica
Temporal Coverage Begin 1998-10-16T07:30:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 1998-11-25T14:20:00Z