Chalk Biozone 14 - Palaeohystrichophora infusorioides

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Age: Latest Campanian.

Macrofaunal correlation: The uppermost B. mucronata Zone.

Definition: The interval between the FAD of Areoligera senonensis to the LAD of Palaeohystrichophora infusorioides.

Comments: An alternative index for the top of this biozone is the LAD of Senoniasphaera protrusa (see Costa & Davey, 1992; Wilkinson et al., 1993).

Lithostratigraphical correlation: The Portsdown Chalk Formation (Southern Province), the Rowe Chalk Formation (Northern Province) and the Mackerel Formation (North Sea).

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