CALCAREOUS ALGAE AND MICROCOPROLITES OF THE ALBIAN PLATFORM CARBONATES OF THE CONGO MARGIN

The study of Albian carbonates from the Congo Margin has allowed us to discover an original microflora and ichnofauna. The following algae h ave been recognized: Girvanella sp., Marinella lugeoni, Lithophyllum ? venezualensis, Elianella elegans, Polystrata alba, Neomeris so., Holo sporella nkossaensis n.sp., Acicularia spp., Russoella radoicicae and Dasycladaceans of questionable systematic attribution. The palaeoecolo gical distribution of these algae is interpreted within a sedimentolog ical model oi a platform limited by oobioclastic ridges. An associatio n oi coprolites has been discovered in a conspicuous level yielding Fa vreina salevensis, F. martellensis and a new species described below o f the genus Fundalutum (F. sendjiensis)