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Fate of calcareous nannofossils during the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) : evidence from the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria

Demangel, Isaline LU orcid ; Kovács, Zsófia LU ; Gardin, Silvia ; Krystyn, Leopold ; Piller, Werner E. ; Baldermann, Andre and Richoz, Sylvain LU (2023) In Lethaia 56(1).
Abstract

Calcareous nannofossils evolved in the global ocean from the Carnian (early Late Triassic) and have contributed to the accumulation of biogenic calcium carbonate in marine sediments since then. Bio-diversification and bio-productivity became more significant in the Rhaetian (Late Triassic), representing an important period to understand the dynamics of calcareous nannofossil evolution. The calcareous nannofossil content of the Zlambach Formation, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria, was qualitatively and quantitatively investigated using both scanning electron and light microscopy. The nannolith, Prinsiosphaera triassica triassica, dominates the assemblage in most samples and increases slightly in abundance in the lower Rhaetian, followed... (More)

Calcareous nannofossils evolved in the global ocean from the Carnian (early Late Triassic) and have contributed to the accumulation of biogenic calcium carbonate in marine sediments since then. Bio-diversification and bio-productivity became more significant in the Rhaetian (Late Triassic), representing an important period to understand the dynamics of calcareous nannofossil evolution. The calcareous nannofossil content of the Zlambach Formation, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria, was qualitatively and quantitatively investigated using both scanning electron and light microscopy. The nannolith, Prinsiosphaera triassica triassica, dominates the assemblage in most samples and increases slightly in abundance in the lower Rhaetian, followed by a small-scale short-term increase during the middle Rhaetian and reaches rock-forming abundance in the upper Rhaetian. A systematic size decrease is recorded from the lower Rhaetian onwards, possibly due to changes in the palaeo-environment. The abundance of P. triassica triassica is slightly affected by the occurrence of Eoconusphaera hallstattensis and strongly by E. zlambachensis. E. hallstattensis is constrained to a relatively short interval, from the upper Paracochloceras suessi Zone (lower Rhaetian) and disappeared during the lower Vandaites stuerzenbaumi Zone (middle Rhaetian), after the occurrence of a second Eoconusphaeraceae species: E. zlambachensis. The last occurrence of E. hallstattensis comes along with the subspecies Prinsiosphaera triassica crenulata showing characteristic parallel-oriented calcite lamellae. Those three species are suggested as good biostratigraphical markers for the Upper Triassic. The coccolithophorids are present in low abundance, increasing slightly in the middle Rhaetian. After the first record of coccoliths in the middle Norian (Alaunian), the oldest Crucirhabdus minutus and Archaeozygodiscus koessenensis were observed in the upper Norian (Sevatian) and the first occurrence of Crucirhabdus primulus was recorded in the lower Rhaetian. These observations suggest a rather slow temporal diversification of the first coccolithophorids.

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Archaeozygodiscus, Crucirhabdus, Eoconusphaera, Prinsiosphaera triassica, Zlambach
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  author       = {{Demangel, Isaline and Kovács, Zsófia and Gardin, Silvia and Krystyn, Leopold and Piller, Werner E. and Baldermann, Andre and Richoz, Sylvain}},
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  series       = {{Lethaia}},
  title        = {{Fate of calcareous nannofossils during the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) : evidence from the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria}},
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  doi          = {{10.18261/let.56.1.5}},
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