Abstract

The present paper augments the multidisciplinary stratigraphic analysis of the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) Bartonian-Priabonian boundary Alano di Piave section (NE Italy). Twenty-seven stratigraphically signficant organic walled dinoflagellate cyst events, calibrated against the magnetostratigraphic polarity timescale, and earlier established zonations based on calcareous microfossils are recognized. Among these events the first occurrence (FO) of Oligokolpoma agniniae sp. nov. (~8 m below the GSSP boundary), and the FO of Reticulatosphaera actinocoronata (~8 m above the GSSP boundary) may be considered as additional stratigraphic indicators for the Bartonian-Priabonian boundary. Six new potentially stratigraphically significant species Heteraulacacysta alanoensis sp. nov., Heteraulacacysta reticulata sp. nov., Impagidinium bellunoensis sp. nov., Impagidinium veneziaense sp. nov., Lophocysta domenicorioi sp. nov., and Oligokolpoma agniniae sp. nov. are formally described.

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