Two new species of the dinoflagellate cyst genus <i>Carpatella</i> Grigorovich, 1969 from the Cretaceous–Tertiary transition in New Zealand

Willumsen, Pi Suhr

doi:https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.23.2.119

Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.23.2.119

© Author(s) 2004. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.23.2.119

© Author(s) 2004. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

01 Nov 2004

| 01 Nov 2004

Two new species of the dinoflagellate cyst genus Carpatella Grigorovich, 1969 from the Cretaceous–Tertiary transition in New Zealand

Pi Suhr Willumsen

Abstract. A palynological study of Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleocene sections from South Island, New Zealand, revealed the presence of two new species of Carpatella: Carpatella septata sp. nov. and Carpatella truncata sp. nov. Both species are stratigraphically important and the first occurrence of C. septata is a significant uppermost Maastrichtian event. Carpatella truncata is restricted to a narrow stratigraphical interval in the lowest Paleocene.