Abstract

Author:

Haidar Salim Anan

Doi: 10.26480/magg.02.2023.68.74

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Twelve Late Campanian to Early Lutetian small Rotaliid benthic foraminiferal species of the genus Valvulineria Cushman are common in some Middle East localities in the Southern Tethys (Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan), and also in some localities in the Northern Tethys (Spain, Austria, Turkey, Kazakhstan). The taxonomy of the identified species are presented and discussed. These species are: Valvulineria aegyptiaca LeRoy, V. brotzeni Nakkady, V. critchetti LeRoy, V. hillsi Haque, V. nammalensis Haque, V. orali (Inan), V. patalaensis Haque, V. pseudotumeyensis Futyan, V. ranikotensis Haque and V. scrobiculata (Schwager). Two of these illustrated species of Iran and Iraq are believed to be new: Valvulineria iranica and V. iraqensis. The prominent environment of the genus Valvulineria and its members most probably are the shallow carbonates and marly shale facies, which related to the middle neritic to upper bathyal environment