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Clypeina helvetica Morellet and Morellet, 1918, revisited. A Priabonian (Late Eocene) dasycladalean alga from the Diablerets Nappe of the Helvetic Alps, southwestern Switzerland

Schlagintweit, Felix ; Bover-Arnal, Telm ; Menkveld-Gfeller, Ursula ; Strasser, André

In: Facies, 2013, vol. 58, no. 1, p. 287-297

The dasycladale Clypeina helvetica was described and illustrated with six drawings by Morellet and Morellet (Bull Soc Géol Fr 4o ser 18:102–105, 1918) from the “Bartonian” of the Helvetic Zone of southwestern Switzerland. Since then, C. helvetica has not been reported again neither from Switzerland nor from any other locality. Abundant material sampled from the Priabonian Diablerets Member...

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Remarks on Bačinella Radoičić, 1959 (type species B. irregularis) and its representatives

Schlagintweit, Felix ; Bover-Arnal, Telm

In: Facies - International Journal of Paleontology, Sedimentology and Geology, 2012, p. -

Bačinella irregularis was described by Radoičić (Bull Serv Géol Géophys Rep Serbie 17:87–92, 1959) as an alga incertae sedis. Based on material from the Lower Aptian of the western Maestrat Basin (Spain), the genus Bačinella with its various species is revised; an emended diagnosis is given as well as a detailed description. Bačinella is interpreted as an organism that excavated complex...

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The morphological adaptation of Lithocodium aggregatum Elliott (calcareous green alga) to cryptic microhabitats (Lower Aptian, Spain): an example of phenotypic plasticity

Schlagintweit, Felix ; Bover-Arnal, Telm

In: Facies : International Journal of Paleontology, Sedimentology and Geology, 2011, p. -

Lithocodium aggregatum Elliott is interpreted as a heterotrichale chlorophycean alga with a prostrate and erect system within a well-calcified tissue. Within Lower Aptian coral rubble of the western Maestrat Basin, Spain, it forms thick masses of juxtaposed crusts around the bioclasts. In achieving a rapid and complete encrustation of the available bioclasts, Lithocodium applied several...

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Oncoid growth and distribution controlled by sea-level fluctuations and climate (Late Oxfordian, Swiss Jura Mountains)

Védrine, Stéphanie ; Strasser, André ; Hug, Wolfgang

In: Facies, 2007, vol. 53, no. 4, p. 535-552

Abundant lagoonal oncoids occur in the Late Oxfordian Hauptmumienbank Member of the Swiss Jura Mountains. Four oncoid types are observed in the studied sections and classified according to the oncoid surface morphology, the structure and composition of the cortex, and the texture and fauna of the encasing sediment. Micrite-dominated oncoids (types 1 and 2) have a smooth surface. Type 1 has a...

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Bolboforma (Phytoplankton Incertae Sedis), Bachmayerella and other Calciodinelloidea (Phytoplankton) from the Middle Miocene of the Alpine–Carpathian Foredeep (Central Paratethys)

Spezzaferri, Silvia ; Rögl, Fred

In: Journal of Micropalaeontology, 2004, vol. 23(2), p. 139

Bolboforma is a microfossil of uncertain origin with affinities to protophytic algae. It generally occurs at high latitudes and/or in cool and temperate waters and has a high stratigraphic potential especially for the Miocene. Calcareous cysts of dinoflagellates represent the ‘benthic cyst stage’ of unicellular organisms belonging to the marine phytoplankton.The occurrence of...

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Paléontologie, paléoécologie et évolution des faciès récifaux de l'Oxfordien Moyen-Supérieur (Jura suisse et français)

Dupraz, Christophe ; Strasser, Andreas (Dir.) ; Berger, Jean-Pierre (Codir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 1999 ; no 1257.

Durant l’intervalle de temps correspondant à l’Oxfordien moyen-supérieur, la plate-forme relativement plate et étendue qui s’installe dans le Jura suisse est soumise à des apports périodiques massifs de siliciclastiques. Ces conditions fournissent des environnements variés pour la croissance de récifs de corail, comportant en moyenne une grande quantité de microbolite (dépôt...