38. NEOGENE AND PLEISTOCENE OSTRACODES, SITES 959 AND 960, GULF OF GUINEA¹

Claude Guernet²

ABSTRACT

The Neogene from Sites 959 and 960 contains about 20 ostracode species, including Cytherella serratula, Buntonia mackenziei, Bradleya dictyon, Agrenocythere hazelae, Poseidonamicus major, Pseudobosquetina mucronalatum, Legitimocythere acanthoderma, and Henryhowella melobesioides. These species characterize the psychrosphere that was in place in the Gulf of Guinea by at least early Miocene time.

¹Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), 1998. Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program).

²Laboratoire de Micropaléontologie et URA 1761, t. 15, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France. guernet@ccr.jussieu.fr