Campanian-Maastrichtian radiolarians from the Malokuril'skaya Formation, the Shikotan Island

摘要

The results of radiolarian analysis confirm the Campanian-Maastrichtian age of the Malokuril'skaya Formation in the Shikotan Island. The Campanian-Maastrichtian age of the formation is implied simultaneously by radiolarians and inoceramids. The studied Campanian and Campanian-Maastrichtian radiolarian assemblages include abundant specimens representing genus Prunobrachium, characteristic of which was bipolar distribution in cold-water to temperate basins. The new occurrence site of prunobrachids is established at the latitude of 43A degrees N, the Far East of Russia.