Thalassiosira praeoestrupii: A New Diatom Species for Recognizing the Miocene/Pliocene Epoch Boundary in Coastal California
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Micropaleontology
- Vol. 32 (4) , 372-377
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1485728
Abstract
A new diatom species, Thalassiosira praeoestrupii Dumont, Baldauf and Barron, is described. The first occurrence of T. praeoestrupii in coastal California diatom-bearing outcrops occurs between the last occurrence of Rouxia californica at 6.0 Ma, and the first occurrence of Thalassiosira oestrupii at 5.1 Ma. The latter two species have customarily been used to identify the Miocene/Pliocene boundary. Paleomagnetic studies at Santa Cruz, California, demonstrate that the first occurrence of T. praeoestrupii coincides with the top of magnetic polarity Chron 5, which closely approximates the Miocene/Pliocene Epoch boundary.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Cenozoic Diatoms from the Northeast Pacific, Leg 18Published by International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) ,1973