APPENDIX

List and Systematics of Identified Dinocysts from Quaternary Sediments of Site 976

Division: Dinoflagellata (Bütschli, 1885) Fensome et al., 1993
Class: Dinophyceae Pascher, 1914
Order: Peridiniales Haeckel, 1894

Ataxiodinium choanum Reid, 1974

Achomosphaera andalousiensis Jan du Chêne, 1977 emend. Jan du Chêne & Londeix, 1988

Achomosphaera ramosasimilis (Yun, 1981) Londeix et al. (in press)

cysts of Alexandrium excavatum (Braarud, 1945) Balech, 1985

Algidasphaeridium? cf. minutum (Harland & Reid in Harland et al., 1980) Matsuoka & Bujak, 1988. Specimens with morphology close to type material. The modern distribution of height percentages of A.? minutum is restricted to high latitude surface water (e.g., Mudie, 1992; Rochon, 1997). Because of their unexpected occurrence in Mediterranean Sea, our specimens are designated as A.? cf. minutum pending further taxonomic investigations.

Amiculosphaera umbracula Harland, 1979

Bitectatodinium tepikiense Wilson, 1973

Brigantedinium cariacoense (Wall, 1967) Reid, 1977

Brigantedinium simplex (Wall, 1965) Reid, 1977

Dalella chathamense McMinn & Sun, 1994

Hystrichokolpoma rigaudiae Deflandre & Cookson, 1955

Impagidinium aculeatum (Wall, 1967) Lentin & Williams, 1981

Impagidinium japonicum Matsuoka, 1983b

Impagidinium pallidum Bujak, 1984

Impagidinium paradoxum (Wall, 1967) Stover & Evitt, 1978

Impagidinium patulum (Wall, 1967) Stover & Evitt, 1978

Impagidinium plicatum Versteegh & Zevenboom, 1995

Impagidinium sphaericum (Wall, 1967) Lentin & Williams, 1981

Impagidinium strialatum (Wall, 1967) Stover & Evitt, 1978

Impagidinium velorum Bujak, 1984

Lejeunecysta diversiforma (Bradford, 1977) Artzner & Dörhöfer, 1978

Lejeunecysta oliva (Reid, 1977) Turon & Londeix, 1988

Lejeunecysta sabrina (Reid, 1977) Bujak, 1984

Lingulodinium machaerophorum (Deflandre & Cookson, 1955) Wall, 1967

Melitasphaeridium aequabile Matsuoka, 1983b

Nematosphaeropsis labyrinthea (Ostenfeld, 1903) Reid, 1974

Operculodinium centrocarpum (Deflandre &Cookson, 1955) Wall, 1967. A few specimens have very short processes.

Operculodinium israelianum (Rossignol, 1962) Wall, 1967

Operculodinium janduchenei Head et al., 1989

cysts of Polykrikos schwartzii Bütschli, 1873

Polysphaeridium zoharyi (Rossignol, 1962) Bujak et al., 1980

cysts of Pentapharsodinium cf. dalei Indelicato & Loeblich, 1986. Specimens with morphology close to type material. The modern distribution of height percentages of P. dalei is restricted to high-latitude surface water (e.g. Mudie, 1992; Rochon, 1997 as Protoperidinium faeroense). Because of their unexpected occurrence in Mediterranean Sea, our specimens are designated as P. cf. dalei pending further taxonomic investigations. Two morphotypes were found.

Pyxidinopsis? sp.: Some specimens tentatively attributed to the genus Pyxidinopsis Habib, 1975

Pyxidinopsis reticulata McMinn & Sun, 1994

Quinquecuspis concreta (Reid, 1977) Harland, 1977

Selenopemphix nephroides Benedek, 1972

Selenopemphix quanta (Bradford, 1975) Matsuoka, 1985. Several morphotypes have been found.

Spiniferites belerius Reid, 1974

Spiniferites bentorii (Rossignol; 1964) Wall & Dale, 1970. Several morphotypes were found.

Spiniferites bulloideus (Deflandre & Cookson, 1955) Sarjeant, 1970

Spiniferites delicatus Reid, 1974

Spiniferites elongatus Reid, 1974

Spiniferites granulatus Davey, 1969. Because of their close granular wall ornamentation, S. pachydermus and S. granulatus have been grouped under Spiniferites "granular" gr.

Spiniferites hyperacanthus (Deflandre & Cookson, 1955) Cookson & Eisenack, 1974. Because of their close morphology and ecology, S. hyperacanthus and S. mirabilis have been grouped in the text under S. mirabilis s.l.

Spiniferites lazus Reid, 1974

Spiniferites membranaceus (Rossignol, 1964) Sarjeant, 1970. Several morphotypes have been found.

Spiniferites mirabilis (Rossignol, 1964) Sarjeant, 1970. Because of their close morphology and ecology, S. hyperacanthus and S. mirabilis have been grouped in the text under S. mirabilis s.l.

Spiniferites pachydermus (Rossignol, 1964) Reid, 1974. Because of their close granular wall ornamentation, S. pachydermus and S. granulatus have been grouped under Spiniferites "granular" grp.

Spiniferites ramosus (Ehrenberg, 1838) & Loeblich, 1966

Spiniferites rubinus (Rossignol; 1964) Sarjeant, 1970

Stelladinium stellatum (Wall & Dale, 1968) Reid, 1977

Tectatodinium pellitum Wall, 1967

Trinovantedinium capitatum Reid, 1977

Tuberculodinium vancampoae (Rossignol, 1962) Wall, 1967

Xandarodinium xanthum Reid, 1977