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The AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications Database
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Title: Benthic
Foraminifera and Their Biostratigraphic Potential: ABSTRACT
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Since the advent of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, late Mesozoic and Cenozoic benthic
foraminifera have been recovered from cores drilled in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans. These faunas represent a broad range of low-middle latitude depositional environments from water depths of about 1,500 to 5,000 m. At the present time, analysis of fossil deep-sea
benthic
foraminifera is in a nascent stage. However, it is evident that many taxa occur in all the world's oceans, have easily recognized shell morphologies, and are generally more preservable than planktonic foraminifera. The major drawbacks to
benthic
species in biostratigraphic investigations are their long duration per species, compared to planktonic species, and the taxonomic confusion surrounding many taxa.
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