RADIOLARIANS AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE CAMPANIAN-MAESTRICHTIAN DEPOSITSIN SOUTHWESTERN CYPRUS

Studied radiolarians characterize the Upper Cretaceous deposits of sou thwestern Cyprus, namely, the Kannaviou (bentonite clays, up to 100 m in thickness) and Kathikas (gravity mixtites, 100 - 200 m in thickness ) formations. The radiolarian Amphipyndax pseudoconulus Zone of the Ca mpanian is distinguished in the lower part of the Kannaviou Formation sequence. Its upper part and the Kathikas Formation contain a radiolar ian assemblage of the Amphipyndax tylotus Zone of the upper Campanian- Maestrichtian. New data facilitate a more refined age determination of the deposits, which were previously assigned to the Maestrichtian.