EVOLUTION OF THE GENUS WHITEINELLA AND THE OCEANIC  ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT (OAE)

Khatuna Mikadze; Zviad Chkhaidze

doi:10.52340/pajig.2024.136.09

Authors

Khatuna Mikadze Tbilisi State University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0846-1111
Zviad Chkhaidze Tbilisi State University https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6985-7776

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52340/pajig.2024.136.09

Keywords:

Archaeocretacea, Abasha, Carbonate

Abstract

The appearance of the genus Whiteinella was first recorded after the anoxic oceanic event (OAE 1d). This genus appeared in the Mddle Cenomanian and continued to exist until the beginning of the Campanian. In this work, we tried to analyze the evolutionary development of this genus.

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Author Biographies

Khatuna Mikadze, Tbilisi State University

Candidate of geological-mineralogical sciences, Senior Scientist of Department of the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Alexandre Janelidze Institute of Geology of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

Zviad Chkhaidze, Tbilisi State University

Master of Geology, Research Scientist of Department of the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Alexandre Janelidze Institute of Geology of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

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