Welcome to my website, where I highlight my research in micropalaeontology, and recent updates from the world of foraminifera.
Selected Articles:
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In search of the Burdigalian GSSP: new evidence from the Contessa Section (Italy)
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/italianjgeo/article-abstract/138/2/274/571746/In-search-of-the-Burdigalian-GSSP-new-evidence The Contessa Section is a reference section for the early Miocene in the Mediterranean. Along this 36 m thick section 115 samples were collected and analysed for an integrated bio-magnetostratigraphic study through the Scaglia Cinerea and Bisciaro formations. Planktonic foraminifera were analysed semi-quantitatively, while calcareous nannofossils were examined using the standard quantitative method. A…
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Integrated Quantitative Calcareous Plankton Bio-Magnetostratigraphy of the early Miocene from IODP Site U1406
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0869593819020023 High-resolution quantitative analyses of the planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossil content have been carried out on IODP Leg 342, Hole U1406A (Northwest Atlantic Ocean) in the core interval 10H2–2H4, plotting the abundance distributions of the biostratigraphically and quantitatively most significant species. Qualitative analyses have been used to identify the precise depth of marker bioevents.…
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Biostratigraphy of large benthic foraminifera from Hole U1468A (Maldives): a CT-scan taxonomic approach
https://sjg.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s00015-018-0306-7 Large benthic foraminifera are important components of tropical shallow water carbonates. Their structure, developed to host algal symbionts, can be extremely elaborate and presents stratigraphically-significant evolutionary patterns. Therefore their distribution is important in biostratigraphy, especially in the Indo-Pacific area. To provide a reliable age model for two intervals of IODP Hole U1468A from the…
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Systematic taxonomy of middle Miocene Sphaeroidinellopsis
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2021.1991500 The taxonomy and phylogeny of the Miocene to Recent genus Sphaeroidinellopsis have been documented in previous studies, but the evolution of this lineage remains unclear. Some authors have debated this genus in the past, choosing a variety of parameters to discriminate the morphospecies. Here we present new scanning electron microscope analyses of specimens from Ocean Drilling…
Dr Alessio Fabbrini 