The aim of this study is to establish the planktonic foraminiferal biozonation, to construct the sequence stratigraphical framework and to determine the foraminiferal response to sedimentary cyclicity in the sedimentary sequence spanning Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene in the Haymana basin (Central Anatolia, Turkey). In order to achieve this study, the stratigraphic section was measured from sedimentary sequence of the Haymana, Beyobasi and YeSilyurt formations. The sedimentary sequence is mainly characterized by flyschoidal sequence that is composed of alternating of siliciclastic and carbonate units. On the account of the detailed taxonomic study of planktonic foraminifers, the biostratigraphic framework was established for the Maastrichtian-Paleocene interval. The biozonation includes 7 zones / Pseudoguembelina hariaensis, P&amp / #945 / , P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 zones. The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/P) boundary was delinated between the samples HEA-105 and 106. In order to construct the sequence-stratigraphical framework, the A, B, C and D-type meter-scale cycles were identified. Based on the stacking patterns of them, six depositional sequences, six third and two second order cycles were determined. Third order cycles coincide with the Global Sea Level Change Curve. On the account of the conducted petrographic analysis sandstone, mudstone, marl, limestone and muddy-limestone lithofacies were recorded in the studied samples. In order to demostrate the response of foraminifers to cyclicity, quantitative analysis has been carried out by counting the individuals of planktonic, benthonic foraminifers and ostracods. The best response to sedimentary cyclicity was revealed from planktonic foraminifers. The average abundance of planktonic foraminifers increases in the transgressive systems tract and decreases in the highstand systems tract.

One of the most important events in the history of life is the evolution of the complex, eukaryotic cell. The eukaryotes are complex organisms with membrane-bound intracellular structures, and they include a variety of both single-celled and multicellular organisms: plants, animals, fungi and various protists. The evolutionary origin of this group may be studied by direct evidence of past life: fossils. The oldest traces of eukaryotes have appeared by 2.4 billion years ago (Ga), and have additionally diversified in the period around 1.8 Ga. The Mesoproterozoic Era (1.6-1 Ga) is characterised by the first evidence of the appearance complex unicellular microfossils, as well as innovative morphologies, and the evolution of sexual reproduction and multicellularity. For a better understanding of the early eukaryotic evolution and diversification patterns, a part of this thesis has focused on the microfossil records from various time periods and geographic locations. Examination of microfossil morphology, cell wall microstructure and biochemical properties, reflect their intracellular complexity and function, and allow reconstructions of their life cycle, as well as observing the evolutionary pattern of change from Mesoproterozoic, to Cambrian-Ordovician transition. Several case studies included assemblages deriving from Mesoproterozoic, Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic time intervals that show disparate morphotypes and innovative features indicative of algal clades. The Mesoproterozoic Ruyang Group in northern China has yielded a diverse microfossil assemblage that provides important clues about the diversification of different eukaryotic groups. Furthermore these microfossils contributed an additional evidence for the emergence of the crown group Eukarya by 1.7-1.4 Ga. In another part of this thesis, examination of wall microstructure and chemical properties via Raman spectroscopy has been used to assess the biological affinities of various Neoproterozoic problematic carbonaceous compression fossils. Studies on the early Phanerozoic (c. 545-485 Ma) assemblages from Estonia reconstructed patterns of the early radiations of phytoplankton and its evolutionary innovations. A continuing theme in this thesis has been using a combination of evidence of microfossils’ fine-scale morphology, ecology and chemical properties to determine their function in life, in addition to their systematic position. / Palaeobiology and diversification of Proterozoic-Cambrian photosynthetic eukaryotes

A Bacia do Espírito Santo possui importantes campos de petróleo e gás em exploração, entretanto poucos trabalhos micropaleontológicos estão disponíveis para esta região uma vez que a maior parte deste conhecimento é relativo a relatórios internos de empresas de petróleo e gás. Este trabalho apresenta uma análise bioestratigráfica e paleoambiental de sucessões sedimentares do intervalo Aptiano-Albiano das formações Mariricu (Membro Itaúnas), São Mateus e Regência. A amostragem é derivada de dois poços (BES-01 e BES-02) perfurados na porção emersa da bacia. Dentre as 24 amostras, 18 revelaram assembleias palinológicas diversificadas, incluindo 51 táxons de plantas terrestres (23 de esporos e 28 de grãos de pólen), 4 táxons de algas (3 dinocistos e 1 alga clorofícea), bem como táxons não determinados de palinoforaminíferos, fungos, escolecodontes e acritarcos. Os grãos de pólen de gimnospermas são dominantes em ambos os poços, principalmente representados pela abundância e diversidade de Classopollis; outros gêneros de grãos de pólen e esporos ocorrem subordinados. A análise bioestratigráfica se baseou nos intervalos cronoestratigráficos de espécies-guias comparadas com biozoneamentos estabelecidos principalmente para a própria Bacia do Espírito Santo, como também para as demais bacias marginais brasileiras As amostras do BES-01 apresentaram idade Albiano inferior, enquanto para as amostras do poço BES-02 foi atribuída idades entre o Aptiano superior e o Albiano inferior (sem distinção). Os dinocistos e os palinoforaminíferos são restritos a alguns níveis do poço BES-01; a assembleia monoespecífica distinta do gênero Subtilisphaera representa o primeiro registro da Ecozona Subtilisphaera na Bacia do Espírito Santo, indicando a ocorrência mais ao sul desta ecozona nas bacias marginais brasileiras. Comparando a frequência da matéria orgânica particulada nas amostras (palinomorfos, fitoclastos e matéria orgânica amorfa), se interpretou o ambiente deposicional como uma região costeira ocasionalmente influenciada por transgressões marinhas. A palinoflora representa a fase final da Província Dicheiropollis etruscus/Afropollis documentada em várias bacias marginais no Brasil e na África, principalmente definida por elementos gimnospérmicos fortemente adaptados a condições climáticas quentes e secas. / The Espírito Santo Basin comprises important oil and gas fields, mostly in active exploration. However, few micropaleontological contributions are available for this region, once most part of its knowledge is concerning to internal reports of oil and gas companies. This work presents a biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental analysis from an Aptian-Albian succession of Mariricu (Itaúnas Member), São Mateus and Regência formations. Sampling is derived from two wells (BES-01 and BES-02), drilled in the onshore portion of the basin. Among 24 samples, 18 revealed abundant and diverse assemblages of palynomorphs, including 51 taxa related to terrestrial plants (23 of fern spores, and 28 of gimnospermic pollen grains), 4 algae (3 of dinocysts and 1 chlorophicean), as well as no determined taxa of foraminiferal linings, fungi, scolecodonts and acritarch. Gimnospermic pollen grains are dominant in both wells, mainly represented by an expressive abundance and diversity of Classopollis; other gimnospermic pollen grains and pteridophitic spores are subordinate. Biostratigraphic assignments are based on the ranges of certain guide species compared with schemes mainly established for the Espírito Santo Basin, as well as to other Brazilian marginal basins The samples of BES-01 were defined as early Albian in age, whereas an age from late Aptian to early Albian (without distinction) was assigned for the samples of well BES-02. Dinocysts (mainly Subtilisphaera) and foraminiferal linings are restricted to certain levels of the well BES-01. A distinctive monospecific assemblage of the Subtilisphaera in some samples reflects the first record of the Subtilisphaera Ecozone in the Espírito Santo Basin, representing its most meridional occurrence in the Brazilian marginal basins. Comparing the frequency of palynological content in both wells (palynomorphs, phytoclasts and amorphous organic matter), the depositional environment is interpreted as a coastal area, episodically influenced by marine transgressions. The palynofloral content of the assemblages is assumed to represent the final stage of the Dicheiropollis etruscus/Afropollis Province, which is well documented in several marginal basins of Brazil and Africa, mainly defined by a gimnospermic elements, strongly adapted to warm and dry climate conditions.

A Bacia do Espírito Santo possui importantes campos de petróleo e gás em exploração, entretanto poucos trabalhos micropaleontológicos estão disponíveis para esta região uma vez que a maior parte deste conhecimento é relativo a relatórios internos de empresas de petróleo e gás. Este trabalho apresenta uma análise bioestratigráfica e paleoambiental de sucessões sedimentares do intervalo Aptiano-Albiano das formações Mariricu (Membro Itaúnas), São Mateus e Regência. A amostragem é derivada de dois poços (BES-01 e BES-02) perfurados na porção emersa da bacia. Dentre as 24 amostras, 18 revelaram assembleias palinológicas diversificadas, incluindo 51 táxons de plantas terrestres (23 de esporos e 28 de grãos de pólen), 4 táxons de algas (3 dinocistos e 1 alga clorofícea), bem como táxons não determinados de palinoforaminíferos, fungos, escolecodontes e acritarcos. Os grãos de pólen de gimnospermas são dominantes em ambos os poços, principalmente representados pela abundância e diversidade de Classopollis; outros gêneros de grãos de pólen e esporos ocorrem subordinados. A análise bioestratigráfica se baseou nos intervalos cronoestratigráficos de espécies-guias comparadas com biozoneamentos estabelecidos principalmente para a própria Bacia do Espírito Santo, como também para as demais bacias marginais brasileiras As amostras do BES-01 apresentaram idade Albiano inferior, enquanto para as amostras do poço BES-02 foi atribuída idades entre o Aptiano superior e o Albiano inferior (sem distinção). Os dinocistos e os palinoforaminíferos são restritos a alguns níveis do poço BES-01; a assembleia monoespecífica distinta do gênero Subtilisphaera representa o primeiro registro da Ecozona Subtilisphaera na Bacia do Espírito Santo, indicando a ocorrência mais ao sul desta ecozona nas bacias marginais brasileiras. Comparando a frequência da matéria orgânica particulada nas amostras (palinomorfos, fitoclastos e matéria orgânica amorfa), se interpretou o ambiente deposicional como uma região costeira ocasionalmente influenciada por transgressões marinhas. A palinoflora representa a fase final da Província Dicheiropollis etruscus/Afropollis documentada em várias bacias marginais no Brasil e na África, principalmente definida por elementos gimnospérmicos fortemente adaptados a condições climáticas quentes e secas. / The Espírito Santo Basin comprises important oil and gas fields, mostly in active exploration. However, few micropaleontological contributions are available for this region, once most part of its knowledge is concerning to internal reports of oil and gas companies. This work presents a biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental analysis from an Aptian-Albian succession of Mariricu (Itaúnas Member), São Mateus and Regência formations. Sampling is derived from two wells (BES-01 and BES-02), drilled in the onshore portion of the basin. Among 24 samples, 18 revealed abundant and diverse assemblages of palynomorphs, including 51 taxa related to terrestrial plants (23 of fern spores, and 28 of gimnospermic pollen grains), 4 algae (3 of dinocysts and 1 chlorophicean), as well as no determined taxa of foraminiferal linings, fungi, scolecodonts and acritarch. Gimnospermic pollen grains are dominant in both wells, mainly represented by an expressive abundance and diversity of Classopollis; other gimnospermic pollen grains and pteridophitic spores are subordinate. Biostratigraphic assignments are based on the ranges of certain guide species compared with schemes mainly established for the Espírito Santo Basin, as well as to other Brazilian marginal basins The samples of BES-01 were defined as early Albian in age, whereas an age from late Aptian to early Albian (without distinction) was assigned for the samples of well BES-02. Dinocysts (mainly Subtilisphaera) and foraminiferal linings are restricted to certain levels of the well BES-01. A distinctive monospecific assemblage of the Subtilisphaera in some samples reflects the first record of the Subtilisphaera Ecozone in the Espírito Santo Basin, representing its most meridional occurrence in the Brazilian marginal basins. Comparing the frequency of palynological content in both wells (palynomorphs, phytoclasts and amorphous organic matter), the depositional environment is interpreted as a coastal area, episodically influenced by marine transgressions. The palynofloral content of the assemblages is assumed to represent the final stage of the Dicheiropollis etruscus/Afropollis Province, which is well documented in several marginal basins of Brazil and Africa, mainly defined by a gimnospermic elements, strongly adapted to warm and dry climate conditions.

Examination of an important new 319m core of lake sediment recovered from Ioannina in NW Greece has attempted to relate changes in the lake to variations in the regional climate of south-central Europe over the last 600,000 years. The site is known to have been extremely sensitive to past climatic change for three reasons: (i) temperate vegetation persisted throughout glacial stages (albeit at low frequencies), so the vegetational response to climatic change would therefore have been almost immediate; (ii) the extreme thickness of the sediments suggests that accumulation rates were high (at times, > 1m per thousand years), which has enabled high-resolution palaeoclimatic reconstructions; and (iii) precipitation of authigenic carbonate has preserved a remarkably sensitive proxy record of productivity variations for most of the lake's history. Well-defined shifts from glacial - interglacial mode have been correlated with vegetational changes identified in a core previously analysed from the same basin (using magnetic susceptibility profiles), enabling tentative correlations to be suggested with other European terrestrial sequences and with the marine oxygen isotope record, back to marine isotope stage 16. Twelve AMS radiocarbon determinations from the upper part of the core, together with the identification of a series of reversed palaeomagnetic events within the Brunhes chron, support the proposed age model for the sequence. The sediments at Ioannina, unlike most of the other long terrestrial European sequences, are calcareous and contain mollusc and ostracod assemblages. Part of this project has involved a comprehensive review of Quaternary and modem aquatic faunas from the lake, as well as the description, illustration and critical assessment of several poorly-known endemic taxa. Faunal assemblage data have been used to provide valuable information concerning the variable response of lake-level to climatic change over time. Convincing new mollusc an evidence indicates low lake-levels at the Last Glacial Maximum, agreeing with regional pollen data, but conflicting with geomorphological evidence derived from Kastritsa, a well-documented nearby Palaeolithic cave site. It is suggested that this discrepancy may be a result of subsequent tectonic uplift of the rockshelter. In addition, stable isotopic analyses of both the ostracods and the bulk carbonate within the sediments have contributed towards deriving a comprehensive palaeoenvironmental history for the site. Although the study analysed physical, biological and geochemical aspects of the entire core, two distinct parts of the record were selected for more detailed investigation. High-resolution analysis over the last interglacial (the Eemian) has revealed evidence for a clear, two-step deglaciation at the beginning of the period, known from elsewhere as the Zeifen-Kattegat Oscillation. Climatic instability has also been detected within the full interglacial. Comparisons are drawn with a range of other Eemian records from across Europe, as well as the Greenland ice cores. High-resolution analysis of the period from the end of the last glacial to the present day has also revealed evidence for climatic instability. A cool and arid oscillation is demonstrated by several climatic proxies that may constitute the first recognition of the Younger Dryas stadial from Greece. A shorter, but more subdued cooling event has also been detected during the first half of the Holocene, which may correspond with a widespread climatic oscillation from high-resolution terrestrial, marine and ice core records that has been dated to between 7,500 and 8,000 years BP.

L'étude biostratigraphique intégrée des ammonites et des nannofossiles calcaires de trois coupes du SE de la France (Vergol, Courchons et Berrias) a permis de proposer un nouveau schéma de biozonation solide pour l'intervalle Berriasien supérieur – Valanginien inférieur. Cette étude devrait permettre d'appuyer la proposition de la coupe de Vergol comme GSSP de la base du Valanginien. Pour ce qui concerne les ammonites, une exploitation intensive banc par banc et une révision taxonomique de l'ensemble des groupes ont montré un grand renouvellement faunique et ont amené à préciser le schéma zonal. Le Berriasien supérieur est caractérisée dans sa partie haute par une nouvelle zone, la zone à Alpillensis, qui remplace la partie supérieure de la zone à Boisseri sensu Le Hégarat. La zone à Alpillensis est subdivisée en deux sous-zones, à Alpillensis et à Otopeta. Pour le Valanginien inférieur, il a été reconnu la zone à Petransiens, pour laquelle deux nouvelles sous-zones, à Premolicus et à Salinarium, sont proposées, et la zone à Neocomiensiformis. Pour ce qui concerne les nannofossiles calcaires, plusieurs événements caractérisent la limite Berriasien/Valanginien, ainsi qu'un changement important des assemblages mis en évidence par une Analyse en Composante Principale. Ces changements sont liés probablement à une régression globale pendant la zone à Alpillensis suivie par une transgression pendant la zone à Pertransiens. Les Associations Unitaires ont mis en évidence une AU 1 dont le sommet se situe au dessus de la première apparition du nannofossile C. oblongata et de l'ammonite « Thurmanniceras » pertransiens. La succession de ces trois événements (« T. » pertransiens, C. oblongata et sommet de l'AU 1) m'ont amené à proposer l'identification de la limite Berriasien/Valanginien avec la première apparition de « T. » pertransiens / The integrated biostratigraphic study of ammonites and calcareous nannofossils in three sections from SE France (Vergol, Courchons, and Berrias) allowed a solid new biozonation scheme to be proposed here. This study should enable us to strengthen the proposition of the Vergol section as GSSP for the lower boundary of Valanginian. Concerning ammonites, an intensive exploitation bed by bed coupled to a taxonomic revision of all groups have shown a faunal renewal and brought to the proposal of a new zonal scheme. The Upper Berriasian is characterized in its upper part by a new zone, the Alpillensis zone, which replaces the upper part of the Boisseri zone sensu Le Hégarat. The Alpillensis zone is subdivided into two subzones, Alpillensis and Otopeta. For the Lower Valanginian, the Pertransiens (with the introduction of two new subzones, Premolicus and Salinarium) and Neocomiensiformis zones have been recognized. Concerning calcareous nannofossils, many events are recorded across the Berriasian/Valanginian boundary, underlying a major change in the assemblages as indicated by Principal Component Analysis. These changes are very likely linked to sea level changes. In fact, a major regression occurred in the Alpillensis zone, followed by a transgression in the Petransiens zone. Unitary Associations resulted in an UA 1 whose topmost part occurs just above the first occurrences of the nannofossil C. oblongata and of the ammonite « Thurmanniceras » pertransiens. The stratigraphic succession of these three events (namely, the FOs of « T. » pertransiens and of C. oblongata and the top of UA 1) allow us to identify the boundary between the Berriasian and Valanginian in this work with the FO of « T. » pertransiens

<div>Paleozoic-Mesozoic stratigraphy exposed in the central Alaska Range includes a diverse assemblage of tectonostratigraphic basement terranes overprinted by late Mesozoic basin</div><div>formation and Cenozoic strike-slip displacement. In this thesis, I present a stratigraphic and structural framework for upper Paleozoic-Cretaceous strata exposed in Denali National Park and Preserve. The stratigraphic architecture of the study area is characterized by two distinct Upper Paleozoic-Mesozoic stratigraphic packages that are unconformably overlain by the Upper Cretaceous Cantwell Formation. Sedimentological, provenance, and geologic mapping data suggest that one basement assemblage, the Northern package, consists of Upper Triassic-Lower Cretaceous submarine strata deposited along the northwestern Laurentian margin. The other assemblage, termed the Southern package, is exotic to the ancestral continental margin and is associated with Permian-Upper Triassic submarine strata of the Farewell terrane. Provenance data from this package place new constraints on the Late Paleozoic paleogeographic position of the Farewell terrane prior to its accretion to the continental margin, likely by the Late Jurassic. The results of geologic mapping along the Toklat River corridor show that the Northern and Southern packages are deformed and structurally juxtaposed within a triangle zone bounded by the Hines Creek and Denali fault systems. This is the best exposure of stratigraphy associated with the Farewell terrane juxtaposed with strata representative of the ancestral continental margin known to date. New 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping coupled with a stratigraphic and provenance analysis of the Cantwell Formation provides new insights into sedimentation and deformation during the post-collisional phase of development of the Alaska Range suture zone (ARSZ). Results of this study define three stages of basin development. These stages are represented by alluvialfluvial, tidally influenced fluvial, and marginal marine deposits, respectively. Results of geologic mapping record progressive Late Cretaceous-Eocene deformation of the Cantwell Formation in a triangle zone and the transition from compressional to strike-slip tectonics in the Eocene. This deformation coincides with regional exhumation of the ARSZ and reconfiguration of the paleosouthern Alaskan margin with the establishment of the modern convergent margin configuration.</div>

The Jurassic ammonites from the Northern Bohemia has been revised on the base of the material stored in the National Museum in Prague and the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague. 23 species and 19 genera, belonging to 7 families were described on the basis of this systematical revision. This ammonite assemblage indicates a proportional occurence of the Boreal, Tethyan and also cosmopolitan taxa. Stratigraphically important taxa suggest a considerably longer period of sedimentation, predominantly represented by the Upper Jurassic carbonates. This interval may contain up to 9 ammonite zones. A pilot microfacial analysis of carbonates from Peškova stráň area (in Krásná Lípa vicinity) indicates a considerably higher variability of sedimentation area. The presence of micritic carbonates suggests the existence of a widespread areas in the Late Jurassic sea covering the Bohemian Massif. The biostratigraphy and palaeogeography is briefly discussed in the European Late Jurassic context. Key words: ammonites, Upper Jurassic, Northern Bohemia, carbonate sediments, biostratigraphy, palaeogeography

Previous biostratigraphic studies in the Indian Ocean, equatorial Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea document the temporal disappearance of Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus in the late Miocene (Tortonian age). This interval has been subsequently defined as the R. pseudoumbilicus paracme. While the cause of the event remains unknown, the geographical extent and global synchronicity of the interval represent an open subject for research. Answers to these questions could help establish the biostratigraphic reliability of the interval and its use for global correlation. In this study, 49 deep-sea drilling sites spread across all major ocean basins were compiled into a biostratigraphic database and studied to evaluate the global extent and timing of the R. pseudoumbilicus paracme. To ensure accurate comparison of the studied sites, the timing of the event was estimated at all sites using the age estimates generated through Undatable MatLab software, which made use of established nannofossil bioevents as age-depth tie points for the analysis. Ages of all nannofossil bioevents were updated to the latest geological time scale. This systematic analysis reveals a prominent distribution of the paracme in the tropical and subtropical regions. The timing of the event in the tropical region appears to be synchronous, with the base around 8.8 Ma and the top of the event around 7.2 Ma. Sites in the equatorial Pacific, central Atlantic and the Indian Oceans record a similar duration of the event. The paracme had a shorter duration towards the southern higher latitudes. Although timings in southern high latitudes are diachronous compared to the tropics, the duration is consistent between sites (Sites 1088 and 1264) in the southern South Atlantic, thereby establishing a new time frame for the event in the region. This study narrows down on ODP Site 806 for a critical evaluation of the nannofossil assemblages, accumulation rates and Reticulofenestra size variation in the late Miocene, including the paracme. Thirty-four samples were collected and analysed for absolute abundance and nannofossil accumulation rates (NAR). Absolute abundance and NAR reveal three distinct stages, herein described as generally low, high, and “crashed” export production of nannofossils. The period of high NAR is characteristic of the late Miocene biogenic bloom interval (ca. 9–4.4 Ma). Importantly, the R. pseudoumbilicus paracme does not only coincide with the start of the biogenic bloom but it was also associated with remarkable changes in Reticulofenestra assemblages. Just before the base of the paracme, all except the smallest (&lt;3 µm in coccolith size) Reticulofenestra groups experienced a sharp decline in abundance. Subsequently, the relative abundance of the Reticulofenestra morphospecies indicates the dominance of bloom-forming small and medium Reticulofenestra during the late Miocene biogenic bloom interval. The end of the biogenic bloom interval is concurrent with a decrease in the contribution of small Reticulofenestra. The exact biotic and abiotic processes that led to these major shifts in plankton composition are yet to be discovered, but the findings presented herein show that the mechanisms behind the temporary disappearance of R. pseudoumbilicus in the tropics most likely involved the interplay between a broad range of ecological changes and evolutionary processes affecting the Reticulofenestra assemblages. / <p>The work for this thesis was financially supported by the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree PANGEAprogramme.</p>

The Digermulen Peninsula, Arctic Norway, offers a unique section of late Ediacaran to Cambrian sediments in an almost complete succession within the Vestertana Group. The proposed annelidan fossil Sabellidites cambriensis is found here, within the Lower Breidvika Member and is believed to exist also in the underlying Manndrapselva Member of the Stáhpogieddi Formation. Three cycles are recognized from the Manndrapselva Member, the uppermost being the third cycle, and the sediment interval of interest for this study ranges from the third cycle of the Manndrapselva Member to the Lower Breidvika Member where the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary is situated. The distribution of Sabellidites has been investigated in three different localities on the Digermulen Peninsula, and from two of these stratigraphical logs were made and the sections were documented with photographs. The logs were created over sediments from Locality 1: Bárdeluovttjohka and Locality 3: Manndrapselva in the interval of the top of the Manndrapselva Member and Lower Breidvika Member. Previous studies have shown that the stratigraphical distribution of Sabellidites is within the Lower Breidvika Member. New results presented in this study extended the temporal distribution downwards in the third cycle of the Manndrapselva Member and closer to the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary. The boundary is indicated by the trace fossil Treptichnus pedum. A few samples, collected from the logged sections, were found below the T. pedum level, indicating late Ediacaran origin. Three samples were collected even further down, close to the base of the Manndrapselva log, but these could only loosely be identified as Sabellidites and further analysis is required on these specimens. The Sabellidites distribution range from the Digermulen Peninsula was briefly compared to other locations and a global correlation is possible. The results here indicate that Sabellidites is an excellent reference taxon for the terminal Ediacaran and early Cambrian and that the succession on the Digermulen Peninsula may be one of the most important for global correlation across the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary. / På Digermulenhalvön i arktiska Norge finns en nästan helt oavbruten sektion av sediment från sen ediacara och tidig kambrium. Fossilet Sabellidites cambriensis, som tros tillhöra phylat Annelida, går att hitta här inuti sediment från det undre Breidvikaledet och det underliggande Manndrapselvaledet. De här två leden ingår i Vestertanagruppen. Tre cykler är identifierade från Manndrapselvaledet och den översta är den tredje cykeln. Distributionen av Sabellidites i de här sedimenten har undersökts i tre olika lokaler på Digermulenhalvön, och två biostratigrafiska loggar ritades och dokumenterades med foton. Tidigare har studier påvisat Sabellidites i det undre Breidvikaledet, men resultaten från den här studien visar att det går att hitta Sabellidites även i den tredje cykeln av Manndrapselvaledet vilket är längre ned i sedimentföljden, och således också äldre sediment som ligger nära gränsen mellan ediacara och kambrium, som är ett mycket intressant och omdiskuterat geologiskt tidsavsnitt. Gränsen indikeras av ett spårfossil vid namn Treptichnus pedum och resultat ifrån den här studien påvisar Sabellidites nedanför nivån för T. pedum. Det här förlänger spannet inom vilket man kan hitta Sabellidites och resultaten från Digermulenhalvön har jämförts med områden runt om i världen i ett försök att korrelera dem med varandra. Studien visar att en global korrelation är möjlig vilket gör Sabellidites till ett utmärkt referensfossil för undre kambrium och sektionen på Digermulenhalvön är exceptionellt bra för att undersöka förhållandena kring gränsen mellan ediacara och kambrium.