Cretaceous ostracodes from Holes 761B and 764A (Wombat Plateau) and Holes 762C, 763B and 763C (Exmouth Plateau)

Abstract

The Cretaceous ostracodes species recognized on Leg 122 represent elements of South Gondwanan faunistic province. In Lower and middle Cretaceous cores, ostracodes species present were originally decribed from South Africa and in cores from Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 36 (Falkland Plateau): Arculicythere tumida, Bythocypris? cf. nodosa, "Bythocypris' cf. strogylae, Collosaboris? stanleyensis, Cytherella bensoni, Majungaella nematis, Robsoniella cf. falklandensis and Pirileberis aff. mkuzensis. In Upper Cretaceous levels, the Australian species Apateloschizocythere geniculata, Bairdia austracretacea, Cytherella cf. atypica, Cytherella cf. jonesi, Cytherelloida cf. carnarvonensis, Cytherelloidea cf. colemani, Karsteneis aspericava, and Trachylebris anteplana were found. -Author