Permian radiolaria
from Busuanga Island, Palawan, Philippines
Fe P. Tumanda
ABSTRACT
Permian radiolarians were recovered in
the chert from five sections in central
Busuanga lsland, Palawan and studied to
establish radiolarian biostratigraphy.
Four Permian interval zones have been
established so far. The interval zones
in ascending order are: Follicucullus
monacanthus (late Early Permian),
Follicucullus scholasticus (early Late
Permian) Latentifistula similicutis
(middle Late Permian), and
Neoalbaillella ornithoformis (late Late
Permian) Interval Zones.
The present zones are correlated with
those of other authors of foreign and
local studies. The ages of these zones
are estimated by comparison of the
constituent species with the established
age-determined species.
Four new species are new to science and
are described and illustrated herein.
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