Annual Report 2012 of the Calcareous Nannofossils Working Group

During 2012 the Paleogene Calcareous Nannofossils Working Group continued the work on taxonomy and evolution of the early fasciculiths during the Late Danian Event and the Danian –Selandian boundary. The WG keeps on also the debate and investigations on the reticulofenestrids, a dominant coccolithophore group for the Paleogene, with a very complex taxonomy. The WG collaborates with the INA and Nannotax. A meeting of the PalNWG is planned during the INA14 meeting at Preston (Virginia, USA) in September 2013. Updates on research progress will be presented by the participants on fasciculiths evolution, Paleogene biostratigraphy and reticulofenestrids taxonomy.

Report by Simonetta Monechi, Chairwoman.