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Science 14 August 1964:
Vol. 145. no. 3633, pp. 702 - 705
DOI: 10.1126/science.145.3633.702
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Planktonic Foraminifera from the American Oligocene

Tsunemasa Saito 1 and Allan W. H. Bé 1

1 Lamont Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York

Planktonic foraminiferal assemblages from the Vicksburg group of the Gulf Coast region comprise species comparable with those found in the Oligocene of Tanganyika and northern Europe. The fauna is transitional between typical Upper Eocene and Miocene; its intermediate position is indicative of an Oligocene age.

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