
INTERCONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF EIGHTY-EIGHT DIAGNOSTIC TETHYAN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA
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This study illustrates and record of 88 continental benthic foraminiferal species belonging to 44 genera of the Suborders Textulariina, Miliolina, Lagenina and Rotaliina of the Maastrichtian-Neogene time were recorded from three to more than localities in the Tethys: 8 in North and South America (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Chile), 12 in Europe (Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, Hungaria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech, Romania), 5 in Africa (Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Tanzania, Nigeria), 11 in Asia (Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, India, Turkmenia) and 2 in Pacific Ocean (Japan, New Zealand). The modern taxonomical consideration of the species is used, which were previously recorded in many different literatures in the Tethyan localities. The foraminiferal assemblage indicates an open marine environment, extended from neritic to lower bathyal environment.
Pages | 29-36 |
Year | 2024 |
Issue | 1 |
Volume | 2 |