11. EARLY CRETACEOUS CALCAREOUS ALGAE OF THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC GUYOTS1

We describe 10 genera and 11 species of dasycladale algae, 2 genera and 2 species of Rhodophyta, and 2 genera of uncertain affinities from carbonate platform sequences drilled at Ocean Drilling Program Sites 878 and 879 on the MIT and Takuyo-Daisan guyots, respectively (northwest Pacific). Early Aptian and Albian assemblages contain distinct species associations with Mediterranean affinities, and some American forms are also recorded.

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