Аннотация:Almost all foraminiferal and inoceramid species recorded in the area of the Crimea and Mangyshlak studied are widespread in Central and Western Europe, which allows a uniform biostratigraphic scheme to be applied to all these regions. The trend in changing Plankton/Benthos ratioo is represented in two peaks, of which the most significant lies around Cenomanian/Turonian and Turonian/Coniacian boundary ("Zones a Grandes Globigerines seules" and "Zones a Grandes Rosalines" of J.Sigal.These time intervals corresponded to short-time eustatic sea-level changes
(HANCOCK, KAUFFMAN, 1979; SCHLANGER,JENKINS, 1976; HAQ ET AL., 1987).