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The relative stratigraphic position of the foraminiferal and belemnite standards for the Campanian–Maastrichtian boundary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Jake M. Hancock ,
Ernie E. Russell ,
Richard H. Taylor  and
Andy S. Gale
Jake M. Hancock
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP, U.K.
Ernie E. Russell
Affiliation:
Department of Geology & Geography, Mississippi State University, Drawer 5167, Starkville, MS 39762, U.S.A.
Richard H. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Geology & Geography, Mississippi State University, Drawer 5167, Starkville, MS 39762, U.S.A. Deceased.
Andy S. Gale
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP, U.K. Department of Palaeontology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.
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Abstract

The two most commonly used biostratigraphic standards for the Campanian–Maastrichtian boundary are the appearance of the belemnite Belemnella lanceolata (Schlotheim) and the disappearance of the planktic foraminiferan Globotruncanita calcarata (Cushman). The first is a boreal standard, the second tethyan. The assumption that the two coincide is false. In Mississippi the disappearance of G. calcarata is the same eustatic peak of sea-level which in north Germany lies near the top of the Nostoceras polyplocum Zone, within boreal nannofossil Zone CC/B22. This places the foraminiferal standard somewhere between 1.3 and 3.5 m.y. older than the belemnite standard. The belemnite standard is at or close to the appearance of Gansserina gansseri (Bolli) in Mississippi.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 129 , Issue 6 , November 1992 , pp. 787 - 792
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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