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| An independent test of planktic foraminiferal turnover across the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/P) boundary at El Kef, Tunisia: catastrophic mass extinction and possible survivorship Arenillas, I.; Arz, J.A.; Molina, E.; Dupuis, C. (2000). An independent test of planktic foraminiferal turnover across the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/P) boundary at El Kef, Tunisia: catastrophic mass extinction and possible survivorship. Micropaleontology 46(1): 31-49
In: Micropaleontology. The Micropaleontology Project: New York,. ISSN 0026-2803; e-ISSN 1937-2795, meer
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Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Mesozoic > Cretaceous > Cretaceous, Upper > Maastrichtian Foraminifera [WoRMS] Tunisia [Marine Regions] Marien/Kust |
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The WP debate is the result of several problems which include the "Signor-Lipps" effect, the possibility of reworking and the existence of hiatuses. However, irrespective of the different interpretations we conclude that there were no significant extinction nor quantitative changes before the WP boundary and that most Cretaceous species suddenly became extinct at the WP boundary. The El Kef section is one of the most continuous marine WP boundary sections known and hiatuses have not been identified. Furthermore, possible Cretaceous survivors had a smaller size and lower absolute abundance in the lower Danian than in the upper Maastrichtian and the planktic foraminiferal evolutionary radiation began above the WP boundary and not below. The same results have been found in other subtropical-temperate sections and may be sufficient proof for the existence of a catastrophic mass extinction at the WP boundary. The planktic foraminiferal WP extinction pattern is also very compatible with the catastrophic effects caused by the impact of a large extra-terrestrial asteroid. |
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