Well 16/1-4, Utsira High, North Sea (Oligocene of North Atlantic)

Where: North Atlantic (58.9° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 58.4° N, 1.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hordaland Group, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• 1400,5-1178,5 m depth

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; mudstone and claystone

• upper bathyal

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: T. Eidvin and Y. Rundberg. 2007. Post-Eocene strata of the southern Viking Graben, northern North Sea; integrated biostratigraphic, strontium isotopic and lithostratigraphic study. Norwegian Journal of Geology 87:391-450 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121375: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Rolfina arnei
Demospongiae
 Ancorinida - Geodiidae
Geodia sp.
Geodia sp. Lamarck 1815 demosponge
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Rzehakinidae
Spirosigmoilinella compressa
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Cyclammina sp.
Cyclammina sp. Brady 1876
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae
Stilostomella sp., Stilostomella hirsuta
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
Ceratobulimina contraria
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
Turborotalia quinqueloba
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella communis
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
 Lituolacea - Ammosphaeroidinidae
Recurvoides sp.
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae
Trochammina sp.
Trochammina sp. Parker and Jones 1859
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina ciperoensis, Globigerina praebulloides, Globigerina bulloides, "Globigerina woodi" = Globoturborotalita woodi
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
"Globigerina woodi" = Globoturborotalita woodi Jenkins 1960
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Neogloboquadrina atlantica, Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, Globorotalia cf. munda, Globorotalia zealandica
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Trifarina gracilis
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina guerichi
Asterigerina guerichi
subsp. staeschei and guerichi
 Rotaliina - Turrilinidae
Turrilina alsatica
 Rotaliina -
Cassidulina teretis, Cassidulina reniforme
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
Ehrenbergina variabilis, Globocassidulina subglobosa
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Bolivina cf. antiqua
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Bulimina elongata, Angulogerina fluens
Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny 1846
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina soldanii, Rotaliatina bulimoides
Gyroidina soldanii
subsp. girardana and mamillata
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Alabamina tangentialis
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp., Cibicides grossus, Cibicides lobatulus, Cibicides telegdi, Cibicides dutemplei
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides pygmeus, Eponides umbonatus, Valvulineria mexicana
Eponides umbonatus Reuss 1851
Valvulineria mexicana
subsp. grammensis
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonion affine, Nonion granosum
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Haynesinidae
Haynesina orbiculare
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium groenlandicum, Elphidium hiltermanni
  - Chilostomellidae
Pullenia bulloides, Sphaeroidina bulloides
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina seminulum
Protozoa
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Radiolaria indet.