Cyclostome bryozoans: Their use as paleoceanographic, paleoclimatologic and paleoenvironmental proxies throughout the cenozoic of southern Australia.

圆口苔藓虫：它们在整个澳大利亚南部新生代作为古海洋学、古气候学和古环境学代用品的应用。海洋演化的解释主要依赖于化石数据--古海洋的地球化学指标。澳大利亚南部拥有无与伦比的4500万年前的冷水碳酸盐沉积记录，因此是全球古海洋学。目前，在这些广泛的沉积物中唯一可用的代理是腕足动物和南极有孔虫。然而，这些沉积物含有丰富的低镁方解石苔藓虫，特别是圆口虫，可以代替。这项研究将评估这种苔藓虫，并测试其有用性和可靠性，利用现有的广泛的现代海洋和第三纪样品，数据库和部分。这种潜在的代理将是全球有用的石灰岩从过去的500 My。

Cyclostome bryozoans: Their use as paleoceanographic, paleoclimatologic and paleoenvironmental proxies throughout the cenozoic of southern Australia. The unravelling of ocean evolution relies largely on data from fossils - geochemical proxies of ancient oceans. Southern Australia contains an inrivalled 45 million-year old record of cool-water carbonate sedimentation and thus global paleoceanography. Currently, the only proxies available in these extensive sediments are brachiopods and planktic foraminfers. However, these sediments contain prolific low-magnesium calcite bryozoans, particularly cyclostomes, that could be used instead. This research will assess such bryozoans and test their usefulness and reliability, utilising existing extensive modern marine and Tertiary samples, data bases and sections. Such potential proxies would be globally useful for limestones from the last 500My.