Abstract
Some genera of the calcareous red algae (Phylum rhodphyta) have an encrusting habit which may produce laminated nodules termed rhodolites by Bosellini and Ginsburg (1971) and which here are termed rhodoids. Rhodoids have been recognized from many modern and ancient environments and increasing use is being made of their paleoecology for paleo-environmental reconstruction (Bosellini and Ginsburg 1971, Adey and MacIntyre 1972, Milliman 1974, 1977, Bosence 1976, Buchbinder 1977, Studencki 1979). The importance of rhodolites in temperate carbonates is being increasingly recognized and this paper describes a number of occurrences from New Zealand Cenozoic sediments deposited under warm temperate conditions at about 45 °S latitude (Kennett et al. 1975, Molnar et al. 1975, Nelson 1978a).
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Burgess, C.J., Anderson, J.M. (1983). Rhodoids in Temperate Carbonates from the Cenozoic of New Zealand. In: Peryt, T.M. (eds) Coated Grains. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68869-0_21
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