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The Oligocene-Miocene Boundary on both sides of the Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. W. Drooger
C. W. Drooger
Affiliation:
Geol. Instituut, Oude Gracht 320, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

The sequence of Miogypsina species in the type region of the Aquitanian-Burdigalian offers a good basis for correlation. Early Aquitanian corresponds to the range of M. gunteri, early Burdigalian to those of M. irregularis and M. burdigalensis, early Vindobonian to that of M. cushmani. In the western Mediterranean area application of this sequence is considered justifiable. Comparison with the similar sequence in America shows a much older occurrence of equivalent species in the western hemisphere than in Europe. A correction of the American time scale is considered premature when made on the Miogypsinidae alone.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 91 , Issue 6 , December 1954 , pp. 514 - 518
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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