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Distribution and ecology of catapsydrax indianus, a new planktonic foraminifer index species for the late oligocene-early miocene

Spezzaferri, S. and Pearson, Paul Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4628-9818 2009. Distribution and ecology of catapsydrax indianus, a new planktonic foraminifer index species for the late oligocene-early miocene. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research 39 (2) , pp. 112-119. 10.2113/gsjfr.39.2.112

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Abstract

The Oligocene–Miocene transition is characterized by a low degree of biotic turnover (extinction plus origination) in many microfossil groups and especially in planktonic foraminifera. Few species appear, evolve, and disappear across this boundary, and the existence of transitional forms between key species makes biostratigraphic resolution of the boundary interval difficult. The boundary is officially located in the type section using magnetostratigraphic criteria, and the first occurrence (FO) of the planktonic foraminifer Paragloborotalia kugleri is the closest bioevent to the boundary. The identification of supplementary bioevents is therefore important to refine the biostratigraphic resolution of this interval. We describe here a new species of planktonic foraminifer, Catapsydrax indianus, the range of which improves the biostratigraphic resolution across this problematic boundary. In particular, the distribution of this species spans an interval of approximately 5 million years across the Oligocene–Miocene transition from just above the FO of Paragloborotalia pseudokugleri (25.9 Ma) in the late Oligocene Biochron P22 (= Biochron O6) to the FO of Globigerinoides altiaperturus (20.5 Ma) in the early Miocene. The habitat of this new species is inferred from its oxygen and carbon isotope values by comparison with the other species in a multispecies isotope cross-plot. Our data show that the deepest-dwelling of all the planktonic foraminifera was the genus Catapsydrax, which has relatively positive 18O and negative 13C values. Catapsydrax indianus has isotopic ratios similar to those of the other species in the genus, suggesting a similar habitat.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography
Q Science > QE Geology
Publisher: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research
ISSN: 0096-1191
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2022 12:30
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095

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