GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOUTHERN TETHYAN MEMBERS OF THE ROTALIID GENUS GYROIDINOIDES
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Eleven Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene small Rotaliid benthic foraminiferal species of the genus Gyroidinoides are distributed in some localities in the Southern Tethys (Tunisia , Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Transform Margin, Tanzania, Jordan, Pakistan, New Zealand). The taxonomic consideration of the identified species are presented These species are: Gyroidinoides aegyptiaca , G. africana Anan, n. sp., G. brotzeni , G. frizzelli , G.luterbacher , G. reussi, G. sarwari , G. tayyabi, G.tellburmaensis , G. tunisica Anan, n. sp., G. zelandica . Two of these illustrated species of Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Transform Margin and Tunisia are believed to be new: G. africana and G. tunisica. The prominent environment of the genus Gyroidinoides its members most probably are ranged from the Outer shelf –Upper-middle bathyal-abyssal environment.
| Pages | 24-28 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Volume | 2 |
