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MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY
卷 68, 期 3-4, 页码 244-255出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.04.002
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planktonic foraminifera; Eocene/Oligocene boundary; extinction; Tanzania; stable isotopes; diversity
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- UK Natural Environment Research Council [NER/I/S/2000/00954]
- Lindemann Trust Award from the English Speaking Union
- [NE/B503225]
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/B503225/1] Funding Source: researchfish
A major turnover in planktonic foraminifera occurred across the Eocene/Oligocene (E/O) boundary. New drill holes through the E/O boundary in southern Tanzania contain extremely well-preserved and diverse assemblages of planktonic foraminifera. Here we document a 1.2 million year record of assemblages, diversity and stable isotope fluctuations through this critical interval, which is often dissolved and/or recrystallised in carbonate-rich facies. The E/O boundary is marked by the abrupt extinction of all five remaining species of the family Hantkeninidae and a distinct size reduction in the genus Pseudohastigerina. The boundary is preceded over a short stratigraphic interval by the extinction of Turborotalia cerroazulensis, Turborotalia cocooensis and Turborotalia cunialensis. Quantitative analysis of planktonic foraminiferal assemblages reveals significant changes in the abundance of certain species and the composition of the assemblages. We compare diversity fluctuations to the stable isotope record of Pseudohastigerina naguewichiensis and use multispecies stable isotope analyses to determine the life habitats of the most important species. A major shift in the evenness Occurs at -33.8 Ma associated with the extinction of the T cerroazulensis group suggesting acute ecological disturbance. We propose that the extinction of the T cerroazulensis group at -33.8 Ma was directly related to cooling of sea surface temperatures, while the extinction of Hantkeninidae was due to modifications in the thermal structure of the oceans and associated productivity changes. After the extinctions, renewed origination and diversification occurred, leading to a characteristic Oligocene planktonic foraminifer assemblage. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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